Description

Philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is drawn into a delicate web of family loyalties, financial complications, and moral uncertainty when she is asked to serve as executor of a dying man’s trust. As she helps him decide who should inherit, Isabel must weigh the competing claims of fairness, affection, and personal responsibility. Meanwhile, her niece’s troubling relationship brings a more intimate challenge, testing Isabel’s instincts as both a thinker and a devoted family member. With its gentle wit, thoughtful ethical inquiries, and richly observed Edinburgh setting, the novel explores the difficult choices that arise when love, money, and duty collide.

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The Geometry of Holding Hands

Alexander McCall Smith

paperback

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Published Jan 1, 2021

ISBN: 9780349144092

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Details

First Published

2020

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for The Geometry of Holding Hands by Alexander McCall Smith.

Death/Grief