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The lost art of gratitude  Cover Image Book Book

The lost art of gratitude / Alexander McCall Smith.

Summary:

"While attending a second birthday party with her son, Charlie, Isabel meets Minty Auchterlonie, a ruthlessly ambitious high-flying financier who first appeared in The Sunday Philosophy Club. Minty heads a small investment bank and may or may not be deceiving her shareholders. Isabel faces a dilemma: she has information which could prevent the investors from being cheated — but how can she be sure of it? Meanwhile, Isabel’s niece, Cat, becomes engaged to a stunt man who is also a funambulist. However, the fiancé is about to take up a highly dangerous engagement that Isabel fears will end in disaster, even as Isabel herself considers embarking on an extreme adventure of her own…"-- from publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307397010
  • ISBN: 0307397017
  • Physical Description: 262 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First Canadian edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Knopf Canada, 2009.
Subject: Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women editors > Fiction.
Women philosophers > Fiction.
Investment bankers > Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Elkford Public Library FC SMI (Text) 35170000290874 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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