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Screen Play: A Novel
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Item Description...
Overview
Thirty-year-old actress Harper gets an understudy role in a Broadway play and signs up for an online dating site to find someone in New York, but the only man that interests her lives on the West Coast, so she turns to God for help.
Publishers Description
After struggling for years to make it as an actress, Harper finally gets her big break—but will she have to sacrifice the love of her life to take it? |
Item Specifications...
Pages 352
Dimensions: Length: 8.2" Width: 6.42" Height: 0.9"
Weight: 0.8 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jan 1, 2010
Publisher David C. Cook
ISBN 1434764826
EAN 9781434764829
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 | Delighted again May 3, 2009 |
| Bertie is at his best in this story, as are all the unique characters connected to 44 Scotland St. My love for Edinburgh is enhanced. How I wish Alexander McCall Smith were more prolific and gave us a new book every few months. I've read all his series and enjoyed everyone. Thank you sir. | | | | A book full of diverse characters and wonderful stories Mar 10, 2009 |
This is the fourth installment of Smith's 44 Scotland Street series. 44 Scotland Street takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The title character, Bertie, is a 6-year-old boy who is growing very weary of his mother's mindset. Bertie continually tries to come up with ways to persuade his mother to let him be and focus more on his new baby brother,
Ulysses. If you have read the previous three installments of the 44 Scotland Street series, you will be thrilled to read about what has transpired in Bertie's life recently. The nice thing about reading a series is that, with each book, you feel more and more like you know the people you are reading about. You will enjoy not only reading about Bertie you will enjoy finding out all the "happenings and goings on" of the other residents of Scotland Street. Smith has once again given us a book full of diverse characters and wonderful stories.
Reviewed by Terri Boggs | | |  | Characters Feb 14, 2009 |
Alexander McCall Smith continues his delightful Scotland Street series with an enjoyable book titled, The World According to Bertie. The cast of characters familiar to fans returns, and their relationships continue to mature. What Smith does so well is bring a character to life, place the character in everyday situations, and allow the action to help readers come to know and love the character. Bertie is a character who tugs at your heart. No matter what your relationship has been with your own parents, you will wince at the challenges this 6-year-old faces, especially at the direction of his mother, Irene. Some of the Scotland Street neighbors know each other better than others, and readers will recognize personality types found in every neighborhood. Part of the pleasure in this series entails the insights that Smith allows the characters to uncover in the course of their ordinary lives. If you've not read the earlier books in this series, don't be put off at all. You can start here and be quite satisfied. After reading The World According to Bertie, you may want to go back and read the others.
Rating: Three-star (Recommended)
| | | | Pure enjoyment Feb 4, 2009 |
Alexander McCall Smith has an amazing gift for writing readable prose. His books are artfully written and always sprinkled with lucid insights. And, as usual with this series, there is a lot of very enjoyable, gentle humor. To start one of his novels is to finish it within a matter of days. In fact, my wife and I always regret the speed with which we consume his books.
If you are looking for pure reading enjoyment I highly recommend The World According to Bertie, the latest 44 Scotland Street novel.
WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT
This book continues the adventures of Bertie the precocious and hilarious saxophone playing six-year-old. It also continues the story lines of the other characters in the previous three books. Although the Bertie story didn't reach a full conclusion (as I hope it doesn't for quite some time), Alexander McCall Smith did lay the groundwork for what I am sure will be an incredibly hilarious adventure in the next book.
There is a lot of budding romance in this novel which makes the stories a lot of fun. Especially the story involving Matthew and his sometimes girlfriend Pat, as well as the irrepressible Bruce and his newest interest.
FINAL ANALYSIS
While not as funny as Love Over Scotland (which so far is the best of the four) it is nevertheless extremely enjoyable and I look forward to reading many more books in the series. | | | | More Wisdom from Bertie Feb 2, 2009 |
| In the wonderful world created by Smith in the Scotland Street books, little Bertie never ages beyond 6. Bertie is one of the characters residing in Edinburgh, Scotland. Many of the familiar unhappy characters of previous Scotland Street stories are there, behaving in earnest, charming, or quirky ways. Bertie has a new baby brother whom he resents. In his innocent way, Bertie gets a bit of revenge against his martinet mother. You feel sympathy for Bertie's Dad, who tries hard to spend quality time with his son. This volume is hilarious, engaging and fast reading. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Smith's other Scotland Street books. He paints vivid scenes and well-defined charaters in a setting that seems so real and intimate. One can catch a whiff of the smells, sights, sounds and tastes of living in Edinburgh in all of his books in the Isabel Dalhoussie series. It makes you want to walk right into a scene and enjoy coffee at a cafe in Old Town. | | | Write your own review about Screen Play: A Novel
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