The lost art of gratitude
By: Alexander McCall Smith
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: The Sunday philosophy club; The Sunday Philosophy Club series; Sunday Philosophy Club -- 06; Sunday philosophy club
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781408459461
Subjects: Fiction
Description: "Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people's problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment. Minty is not the only high-flier in Isabel's life; her niece Cat has just become engaged to a tightrope-walking stuntman. Isabel fears his next job - and the engagement - could end in disaster. Meanwhile, her own boyfriend Jamie has marriage in mind too ..."--Publisher description.