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The Winds from Further West

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: James Rottger
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Often a small and seemingly insignificant event can change the course of our lives.

Not long after starting a new job, Neil meets Chrissie. Romance soon blossoms and together they move to a lavish flat in Edinburgh. Everything seems to be falling into place perfectly.

But an innocuous, throwaway comment unintentionally causes Neil's career to collapse, and, at the same time, a cruel betrayal shatters the life he thought he knew.

His only option is to escape to the secluded, remote beauty of a breathtaking Hebridean island. Here, he finds a different way of life, and new friendships develop. But he can't escape the past forever, and soon he must confront a life-changing decision once more.

©2024 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing Contemporary Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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Slow start and some drawn out and contrived lines at the beginning. But it came good in the second half.

Good in the end

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I liked the take on current university life with all its pitfalls. Gave much to think about from an expert on the profesion

A Serious McCall Smith

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Too banal for my taste. People on a remote island are all sooo good and worship poetry and have this ‘deep’ understanding of life whereas city people cheat and lie and push others aside in their ambitions. A bit too simple.

Banal characters

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