02348cam a2200349 i 4500 1164873112 TxAuBib 20210401120000.0 191119s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781984897817 paperback 1984897810 paperback (OCoLC)1128026613 NjBwBT eng rda FMG FMG OCLCO OCLCQ OI6 JAS CHY UOK TxAuBib rda McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-, author. The peppermint tea chronicles / Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh. New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019. 310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 44 Scotland Street series, The ; 13 Originally published: Edinburgh : Polygon, 2019. "This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper."--title page verso. Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and some, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and Bertie are free to indulge in summer fun. Stuart reconnects with an old acquaintance over refreshing peppermint tea while Bertie takes his friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson to the circus. But their trip to the big top becomes rather more than the pleasant diversion they were hoping for. Once again, Scotland Street teems with the daily triumphs and challenges of those who call it home, and provides a warm, wise, and witty chronicle of the affairs in this corner of the world.-- Publisher's description. 20210401. Apartment houses Scotland Edinburgh Fiction. Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs Fiction. Humorous fiction. McIntosh, Iain, illustrator. The 44 Scotland Street series ; 13. TXKIP