Bertie and Ranald are dismayed to find they can’t even escape Olive and Pansy at summer camp: “He felt that there was some cosmic plan that meant that he would never be completely free of Olive’s influence. I think I'm falling out of love with AMS books, the story lines in the last few are so insubstantial and the timeline is glacial. Can we really believe that both Bruce and Irene have reformed into more humble, reasonable human beings?

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A collective sigh of relief must have been heard from many readers lips when she left Scotland Street. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been best sellers throughout the world….

Not satisfied with that, she somehow manages to come between the enigmatic nun, Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori di Montagna, and her friend, the hagiographer, Antonia Collie. He still regards Glasgow as a joyful promised land where he would be free of restrictions and Olive. Has Bruce changed, or will he consider the man now wearing Bruce's fashionable clothes and acting as if it is now his apartment an interloper?

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Hardly any Bertie, much too much Bruce, and the change of character of Irene and her possibly getting back together with her ex. A couple of the characters have had such changes in personality that I couldn't quite recognize them (okay, Bruce's was explained by a lightning strike but Irene's was just presented to the reader). It’s the most anticipated, and perhaps controversial, event of the decade—Lou and Bob’s wedding—and everyone is invited. And he had borne so much in his brief seven years that a little more would not make much difference.As heartwarming as a cup of tea and as comforting as a warm scone, I continue to delight in this charming series. It’s the most anticipated event of the decade: Big Lou and Fat Bob’s wedding and everyone is invited! He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.

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This latest instalment of the much-loved 44 Scotland Street series is wise, witty, and full of warmth. because it is possible to change the world, if one is determined enough, and if one sees with sufficient clarity just what has to be changed. His house sitter, meanwhile, gets a little too comfortable in his new life and discovers that the talented Bruce Anderson’s shoes are all too easy to slip into. After a wonderful day, Big Lou crashes back down to earth and finds that she is a victim of her own success. Reading each book is like sitting down with old friends to discuss what’s been going on in their lives and their spheres of influence.The book opens with fun scenes from the wedding of Big Lou and Fat Bob but not quite sure where that story is going -- the author had it on one path and then jerked it back at the very end. Bruce Anderson’s metamorphosis and new-found outlook on life is put to the test as he prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey.

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Perhaps she was right when she said that he would, in due course, have to marry her; perhaps that was his unavoidable destiny, decreed by some indifferent Fate somewhere, perhaps even by the planets in their unchangeable rotations. Bruce’s metamorphosis and new-found outlook on life is put to the test as he prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey.

comfortable in his new surroundings and discovers that his talented patron’s shoes are all too easy to slip into. We meet most of the same characters in many of the same situations as usual and catch up with what they have been doing. Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. When you are with somebody you love the smallest, smallest things can be so important, so amusing because love transforms the world, everything.