Tiny Tales: Stories of Romance Ambition Kindness and Happiness

About this book

It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection from the acclaimed author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series: brief utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight accompanied by charming illustrations by Iain McIntosh. In Tiny Tales Alexander McCall Smith explores romance ambition kindness and happiness in thirty short stories accompanied by thirty witty cartoons designed by Iain McIntosh McCall Smiths longtime creative collaborator. Here we meet the first Australian pope who hopes to finally find some peace and quiet back home in Perth; a psychotherapist turned motorcycle racetrack manager; and an aspiring opera singer who gets her unlikely break onstage. And of course we spend time in McCall Smiths beloved Scotland where we are introduced to progressive Vikings a group of housemates with complex romantic entanglements and a couple of globe-trotting dentists. These tales and illustrations depict the full scope of human experience and reveal the rich tapestry of lifepainted in miniature.