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The Lost Art of Gratitude: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (Hardcover)

By: Alexander McCall Smith (Author)

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"Smith's trademark humor and telling observations about people heighten the appeal." (starred review)

"He has created a world where humor is gentle, suffering is acknowledged but not foregrounded, and efforts to do good are usually rewarded. It's a wonderful place to visit, even if we don't get to live there."

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The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie.
Isabel's son, Charlie, is now of an age--eighteen months--to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel's surprise, she finds Minty Auchterlonie, the high-flying financier she first encountered in "The Sunday Philosophy Club." Minty had seemed to Isabel a woman of ruthless ambition, but the question of her integrity had never truly been answered. Now, when Minty takes Isabel into her confidence about the complicated troubles at the investment bank she heads, Isabel finds herself going another round: Is Minty to be trusted? Or is she the perpetrator of an enormous financial fraud?
Not that this is the only dilemma facing Isabel: she also crosses swords again with her nemesis Professor Dove, in an argument over plagiarism. Her niece, Cat, of course, has a new, problematic man (a stunt man ) in her life. And Jamie--doting father of Charlie--is still pressing Isabel to solve "his "dilemma: getting her to marry him.
As always, there is no end to the delight in accompanying Isabel as she makes her way toward the heart of every problem: philosophizing, sleuthing, and downright snooping, in her inimitable--and inimitably charming--fashion.

Encountering high-flying financier Minty Auchterlonie while attending a birthday party, Isabel learns of Minty's complicated monetary troubles and wonders if the ambitious woman is perpetuating a fraud, a situation that is further complicated by a plagiarism battle with Professor Dove and Cat's problematic new man.

Encountering high-flying financier Minty Auchterlonie while attending a birthday party, Isabel learns of Minty's complicated monetary troubles and wonders if the ambitious woman is perpetuating a fraud, a situation that is further complicated by a plagiarism battle with Professor Dove and Cat's problematic new man.

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Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the popular No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series set in Botswana, has a few other series up his mischievous sleeve. THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE is the sixth book in his series starring Scottish single mom Isabel Dalhousie. Here she runs into the shady Minty Auchterlonie--at a birthday party that she takes her 18-month old son to--and Minty, a financial banker who's never seemed quite like a straight arrow to Isabel, confides some sketchy business practices. So, great! Now Isabel must decide to do with this knowledge! Meanwhile, she's juggling her zany niece and the persistent advances of her son's father.

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