SCOTLAND STREET - Book The residents and neighbors of Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical wonderfully perceptive serial novels featuring six-year-old Bertie a remarkably precocious boymdashjust ask his motherIf you havenrsquot met the residents of Scotland Street yet there is no better time since everyone seems to bein themidst of new beginningsNew parents Matthew and Elspeth must muddle through the difficulties of raisingtheirtripletsRognvald Tobermory and Fegusmdashtheres normal sleep deprivation and then theres trying to tell the children apart from one another Angus and Domenica are newly engaged and now they must negotiate the complex merger of two households Domenica is also forced to deal with the return of an old flame while Big Lou has begun the search for a new one boldly exploring the new world of online datingand coming up with an Elvisimpersonatoron the first try And in Bertiersquos family theres a shift in power as his father Stuart starts to stand up to overbearing mother Irenemdashand then therersquos Bertiewhohas been thinking that he might want to start over with a new family andsoputs himself up for adoption on eBayWith his signature charm and gentle wit Alexander McCall Smithvividly portrays the lives of Edinburghrsquos mostunique andbeloved characters.
