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Tiny Tales

Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness

by Alexander McCall Smith
Brian Nishii
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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: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight.
In Tiny Tales, Alexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness in thirty short stories. 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 Smith's 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 depict the full scope of human experience and reveal the rich tapestry of life—painted in miniature.

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  • Release date

    May 4, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781705020012
      • File size: 113743 KB
      • Duration: 03:56:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2021

      From the author of the best-selling "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series comes a collection of short tales that will charm listeners with their wit, absurdity, and delight. From a pope wanting to visit his native country of Australia, to a woman looking to meet people skydiving, to four dentists going on vacation together (with disastrous results), the breadth and scope of these stories will amuse and engage listeners. Thirty tiny tales are broken into sections on love, revenge, kindness, strangeness, and other manners of emotion. These brief stories are brought to life in inventive and amusing ways by a trio of narrators. Brian Nishii, Jamie Jackson, and Robert Ian Mackenzie each voice cleverness, banter, and hilarity with every breath. VERDICT This unique collection is proof that good things come in small packages.--Erin Cataldi, Johnson Cty. P.L., Franklin, IN

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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