โ Scribed by Alexander McCall Smith
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, a charming collection of stories about life and romance
In these fourteen delightful tales, Alexander McCall Smith imagines the lives and loves behind some of the everyday people featured in pictures from the London Sunday Times photographic archive. A young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. A family is forever fractured when war comes to Penang, in colonial Malaysia. Iron Jelloid tablets help to reveal a young man's inner strength. And twin sisters discover that romance can blossom anywhere--even at the altar.
Throughout Pianos and Flowers, McCall Smith employs his indomitable charm to explore the possibilities of love, friendship, and happiness.
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