Right Attitude to Rain, Alexander McCall Smith
Right Attitude to Rain, Alexander McCall Smith
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Right Attitude to Rain

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2006

Synopsis

Edinburgh once again provides a colorful setting for the adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, the 40-ish editor of a philosophy journal who loves solving problems. But, like McCall Smith’s previous heroine, Precious Ramotswe, she often embroils herself in problems that are none of her business, including some that are best left to the police. Charming and affable, she continually finds herself pulled into the complicated lives of those around her—especially those in need of assistance. Like the others in this series, Right Attitude to Rain offers both a cosy mystery and a fascinating moral dilemma. Precious Ramotswe fans are sure to embrace Scotsman McCall Smith’s plucky new protagonist, who leads a cast of delightfully quirky characters that includes Toby, a dapper bachelor with a dubious understanding of fidelity, and Grace, Dalhousie’s morally upright housekeeper, who sizes up society’s reprobates in two syllables or less.

About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Joanie on 2007-05-26 16:03:50

This book was unlike his books in the Ladies Detective Agency series. I prefer those to this book. There are some good lines every once in awhile, but you have to listen to quite a bit that's not so entertaining, in my opinion.

Goodreads review by Dorothy on November 29, 2009

About halfway through this book, I thought to myself, "Is anything ever going to HAPPEN, or do we only get to read about Isabel Dalhousie's anguishing over philosophical questions?" Not that there's anything wrong with that. I think I am as concerned with moral issues as the next person and maybe mor......more

Goodreads review by Moray on August 03, 2011

Aristotle was wrong. When he wrote “Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry and the arts are melancholic”, he reckoned without Alexander McCall Smith, an author whose expertise in these fields is matched, if not exceeded, by his frivolity. The character of Isabel Dalhousie r......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 08, 2008

Far and away the best of Smith's Isabel Dalhousie novels, IMO. They're branded as mysteries, but they're not really. The first two had more of a "figure out what really happened" kind of vibe, but this one focuses more Isabel's life and personal search for happiness ("How Isabel Got Her Groove Back"......more

Goodreads review by Sonia on October 05, 2010

In creating the character of Isabel Dalhousie, McCall Smith has given us a heroine who is very real and someone I for one am able to identify with (it may be because I am 40!). It is possible that a younger reader may not appreciate her life, her thoughts and her actions as much. However, this is wh......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on June 06, 2012

The Right Attitude to Rain is the sort of novel which readers will either love or loathe. If you value action and despise what you see as overly thinking about what in Isabel Dalhousie's philosophical journal is called "practical morality" -- moral issues in our everyday lives -- this book, like the......more

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