Alexander McCall Smith. (2011). The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 8. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

Alexander McCall Smith. 2011. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 8. Recorded Books, Inc.

Alexander McCall Smith, The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 8. Recorded Books, Inc, 2011.

Alexander McCall Smith. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 8. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2011.

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In this eighth installment in Alexander McCall Smith's captivating Isabel Dalhousie series, our irrepressible heroine tries to untangle complex questions about both the past and the present. Isabel's new friend Jane Cooper, a visiting Australian philosopher who was adopted as a small child, has come to Edinburgh searching for information about her biological father. Naturally, Isabel is more than happy to offer her services. At the same time, she must find time for her own concerns: her young son Charlie, who's leaving babyhood further behind each day; her housekeeper Grace, who has recently begun getting financial advice from her spiritualist; her niece Cat, who's in a new relationship, and the most pressing question of all: when and how Isabel and Jamie will finally get married. As she investigates the forgotten affairs of youth Isabel begins to wonder what those affairs lead to in the present, and in the process she discovers a whole new understanding of the meaning of family.

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     October 31, 2011
     You needn’t be a series-long admirer of Isabel Dalhousie to be beguiled by this curious philosopher and casual sleuth. In this eighth installment—with the ruminating Edinburgh heroine steeped in devoted motherhood, impending marriage, and office and family intrigue—it might even help to be a stranger to her more daring exploits; here, No. 1 Ladies’ Detectives Agency series phenom McCall Smith has his quirky gumshoe stalking moral intrigue more doggedly than mystery. It’s Isabel’s mission to help a visiting Australian philosopher find her father after her adoptive parents and birth mother die. The task is deceptively easy and never comes close to matching the confounding mysteries of Isabel’s niece’s fickle heart, the wisdom of ratting her out to health officials for a batch of toxic mushrooms, the impermanence of the greatest love of her life, or how to raise her adorable toddler with fiancé Jamie. Isabel believes only the examined life is worth living, and fearlessly so: “she would never accept things as they were. That was what made her do what she did—practice philosophy—and what made her... do battle for understanding, for sympathy, for love; in small ways... that cumulatively made a difference.” It makes Isabel a heroine worth following, even through this more quiet, reflective foray.

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   • content: The latest in Alexander McCall Smith's charming Isabel Dalhousie series gives us Isabel and friends, beautifully narrated by Davina Porter, attempting to resolve the philosophies of familial relations. Isabel, full-time philosopher and part-time sleuth, is introduced to Jane, a fellow philosopher who is visiting Edinburgh from Australia. Jane is attempting to discover the identity of her father--and asks for Isabel's help. Alongside this delicate investigation, Isabel ruminates on her own family life--her fiancé, Jamie, and small son, Charlie; her irascible niece, Cat; and her thoroughly Scottish housekeeper, Grace. Porter's accomplished performance is soothing but never dull as she thoughtfully renders each voice in this most amiable of novels. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
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     Starred review from February 27, 2012
     In this latest installment of McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series, when an Australian philosopher named Jane Cooper comes to Edinburgh, she asks Isabel to trace her family history. Jane knows almost nothing of the woman who gave her up for adoption 40 years earlier, except her name and that she is deceased. Isabel gladly jumps in to help, eventually finding former college friends, boyfriends, and lovers. Narrator Davina Porter—who has read many McCall Smith titles—is, as always, perfection. She rolls out a Scottish brogue and a variety of regional accents, renders an acceptable Australian accent, and creates believable voices for the novel’s many characters. Her voice is soft and smooth, pleasingly musical, and endlessly enthralling. The story doesn’t rely on action-packed thrills or volatile emotional drama, but on the thought-provoking and touching contemplations of Smith’s protagonist—and for this Porter is the ideal narrator, making for a gentle but entertaining listen. A Pantheon hardcover.

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