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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander McCall Smith's wildly popular 44 Scotland Street series chronicles life in a corner of Edinburgh brimming with wit and humor. Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering mother Irene. Matthew and Elspeth struggle to care for their triplets, contending with Danish au pairs and dubious dukes to boot, while the narcissistic Bruce faces his greatest challenge yet in the form of an over-eager waxologist. As ever, when Alexander McCall Smith visits 44 Scotland Street, fun is sure to follow.
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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#ABBAinAugust
#MammaMia

Irene Pollack is a terrible mother. She wants to turn her son Bertie into a genius. She forces him to do Yoga and speak Italian and play saxophone and go to psychoanalysis and wear pink dungarees to protest against gender inequality. And he can‘t eat pizza. Or ice cream.

Poor Bertie. And all along, he already IS a genius. He is thoughtful and clever and oh so very kind.

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Libby1 @emilyhaldi - I ran out of space to tag you. Sorry! 6y
Mdargusch Great review! Stacking. 👍🏼 6y
BookishMe I LOVE LOVE Bertie... Of course I can't say the same for the detestable Irene ;p 6y
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Libby1 @Mdargusch - yippee! The first book in this series is called 44 Scotland Street. It focuses on a number of characters but Bertie is by far the star of the show; and Irene is definitely the pantomime villain!
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Libby1 @BookishMe - I just want to be his mummy for a day. He‘s such a dear. 6y
BookishMe @Libby1 indeed 💗💗 6y
Meredith3 Poor Bertie!!! 6y
emilyhaldi I feel like I need to read about little Bertie!!! He sounds endearing ☺️☺️☺️ 6y
Reviewsbylola This is one of those authors I‘ve never read but I feel like I should. 6y
LeslieO ❤️Bertie! But I'm behind in the series. Haven't read this one yet. 6y
Cinfhen I‘m already in love with Bertie and we haven‘t even met 😂💕 6y
Herschelian Love the whole series - best to read it in order so you grow with Bertie. 6y
Libby1 I agree with @Herschelian . I think it‘s best to start with 44 Scotland Street, which is the beginning of Bertie‘s story. @Meredith3 , @emilyhaldi , @Reviewsbylola , @LeslieO , @Cinfhen - I am not exaggerating when I say that Bertie is one of my favourite characters of all time, and that I‘ve never laughed so much over a series of books as I have with this one.
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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Another excellent entry in this series

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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith

... and the obvious, for many, is that love, even if it is not exactly a recurrent infection, visits us more than once. And yet even if this is true, a new love may indeed be stronger, more absorbing, than an old one, just as a new cold may be more severe than the cold we had six months ago.

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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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Nonsense on stilts

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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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#coffeeandabook and creme caramel

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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel | Alexander McCall Smith
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Just what every 7 year-old boy wants for his birthday.

Poor Bertie.

Bertie is a character from the 44 Scotland Street series set in Edinburgh. He is kind and thoughtful and a bit of a genius at being a lovely human being, but his fruity mother misses all this and wants to turn him into an Italian speaking, yoga practicing, vegetarian child prodigy.

This series is funny, gorgeous, and is the essence of #ComfortReading for my #FunFridayPhoto.

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