{"product_id":"9780349118055","title":"The Right Attitude To Rain","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alexander McCall Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 August 2012 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Isabel Dalhousie Novels' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 21mm | 264g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain -  just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what you have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruised in love by her faithless Irish husband, Isabel Dalhousie is a connoisseur of intimate moral issues: she edits a philosophical journal and spends a great deal of her time considering how to improve the lives of those around her. There is her housekeeper Grace, whose future she must secure; her niece Cat, who is embarking on a new relationship with a dubious workaholic mummy's boy; and even an American couple newly arrived in Edinburgh on a tour. And then there is Jamie, Cat's ex-boyfriend, a handsome, gifted musician fourteen years Isabel's junior, with whom she is slowly and hopelessly falling in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntensely thoughtful and consistently entertaining, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN is shot through with compassion and unassuming intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander McCall Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483905958213,"sku":"9780349118055","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780349118055.jpg?v=1774433214","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780349118055","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}