Recommendation: Love Over Scotland is a must-read for those who enjoy heart-warming stories about everyday life. McCall Smith's portrayal of Edinburgh is especially endearing, capturing the essence of the city and its people. The characters are lovable, flawed and relatable, making it an easy and enjoyable read. Bertie's struggle against his overbearing mother and her therapist is an especially unique and enjoyable aspect of the book. Overall, Love Over Scotland is a charming book, perfect for anyone who enjoys quirky characters and a touch of humor.

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With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against his insufferable mother and her crony, the psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn, going as far as to make a short-lived bid for freedom on a trip to Paris with the Edinburgh youth orchestra. Domenica sets off on an anthropological odyssey with pirates in the Malacca Straits, while Pat attracts several handsome admirers, including a toothsome suitor named Wolf. And Big Lou, eternal source of coffee and good advice to her friends, has love, heartbreak and erstwhile boyfriend Eddie's misdemeanours on her own mind.

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