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The Isle of Good Karma
Hardcover
$30.00
Available on Jul 20, 2027 | 256 Pages
From the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series, an enchanting new novel that follows Maeve MacDonald, a beloved schoolteacher from a remote island off the coast of Scotland who quits her job, makes plans for the adventure of a lifetime.
Maeve MacDonald is an esteemed friend, colleague, and popular English teacher at the local high school on the quiet Scottish island of Lewis. She works hard to instill a love of poetry in her rambunctious pupils, and falls into pleasant, if overly familiar, conversations with neighbors and family. But Maeve can’t help but feel it’s time for a change.
As the school year comes to a close, Maeve impulsively makes plans to visit the mountains of the far Himalayas in Nepal. From the moment she decides to embark on this expedition, good fortune seems to follow Maeve at every turn. From a good friend deciding to accompany her at the beginning of the trip to her warm reception at a Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu, the kindness of those she encounters during her travels teach her that the goodness one puts forth into the world will undoubtedly return. And in the case of one genial companion, so too might a long-awaited romance.
Imbued with the unique warmth, cleverness, and charm that only Alexander McCall Smith can bring to the page, The Isle of Good Karma is an escapist balm for our times, and a reminder that acts of kindness, no matter how insignificant, have a way of reshaping our lives for the better.
Maeve MacDonald is an esteemed friend, colleague, and popular English teacher at the local high school on the quiet Scottish island of Lewis. She works hard to instill a love of poetry in her rambunctious pupils, and falls into pleasant, if overly familiar, conversations with neighbors and family. But Maeve can’t help but feel it’s time for a change.
As the school year comes to a close, Maeve impulsively makes plans to visit the mountains of the far Himalayas in Nepal. From the moment she decides to embark on this expedition, good fortune seems to follow Maeve at every turn. From a good friend deciding to accompany her at the beginning of the trip to her warm reception at a Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu, the kindness of those she encounters during her travels teach her that the goodness one puts forth into the world will undoubtedly return. And in the case of one genial companion, so too might a long-awaited romance.
Imbued with the unique warmth, cleverness, and charm that only Alexander McCall Smith can bring to the page, The Isle of Good Karma is an escapist balm for our times, and a reminder that acts of kindness, no matter how insignificant, have a way of reshaping our lives for the better.
Author
Alexander McCall Smith
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels and a number of other series and stand-alone books. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been best sellers throughout the world. He lives in Scotland.
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