Trains and Lovers, Alexander McCall Smith
Trains and Lovers, Alexander McCall Smith
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Trains and Lovers
A Novel

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/11/2013

Synopsis

As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, four strangers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he turned a friendship with a coworker into a romance by spotting an anachronistic train in an eighteenth-century painting. An Australian woman shares how her parents fell in love and spent their life together running a railroad siding in the remote Outback. A middle-aged American patron of the arts sees two young men saying goodbye in a train station and recalls his own youthful crush on another man. And a young Englishman describes how exiting his train at the wrong station allowed him to meet an intriguing woman whom he impulsively invited to dinner-and into his life.

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

Goodreads review by Jean

I traveled a lot on trains during the 1950s. When I discovered this stand-alone book about trains by Alexander McCall Smith, I just had to read it. The book is well written. It is about four people traveling between Edinburgh to London. They tell each other stories about trains that have changed the......more

Goodreads review by Diane

My first encounter with Alexander McCall Smith was The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. It didn't take long for me to get hooked on the adventures, or lack thereof, of Mma. Ramotwse, her assistant, the shoe-loving Mma Grace Makutsi, and her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. I then turned to anothe......more

Goodreads review by Emma

“Each of us has his or her reasons for being as we are, for continuing with the lives we lead; ordinary lives, of course, but touched here and there with moments of understanding and insight, and sheer marvel.” Lovely little read.......more

Goodreads review by Lyn

How I do with we could use half stars because this is a 4.5 rather than flat four. I am a massive fan of Alexander McCall Smith's work. One of the things I love about him is ability to jump from series to series and give to each a unique voice. The voice of No 1 Ladies Detective Agency is different......more

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