Description
When Bertie’s formidable mother returns from the Middle East, she launches an ambitious program of Italian lessons, yoga, therapy, and carefully managed self-improvement for her exceptionally bright young son. Resisting her relentless plans—and the expectations placed upon him—Bertie begins devising a scheme of his own to claim the independence and ordinary childhood he longs for. Around him, the eccentric residents of Edinburgh’s Scotland Street navigate family tensions, romantic complications, and clashing ideas about education, identity, and freedom. With gentle wit, affectionate satire, and keen psychological observation, the novel explores the comic chaos that ensues when adults try too hard to shape a child’s life.
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#144 Scotland Street
Espresso Tales
Love over Scotland
The World According to Bertie
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
#6The Importance of Being Seven
#8Sunshine on Scotland Street
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
The Bertie Project
The Revolving Door of Life
#12A Time of Love and Tartan
#13The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
#15Love in the Time of Bertie
#16The Enigma of Garlic
A Promise of Ankles
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Details
First Published
1916
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith.