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Pianos and Flowers
- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrator
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2021
- Run Time
- 4 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
What are their fears? What are their dreams? In the fourteen delightful tales in this collection, Alexander McCall Smith imagines the lives and loves of some of the
everyday people pictured in these twentieth-century photographs. A young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. A family is
forever fractured when war comes to Penang, in colonial Malaysia. Iron Jelloid tablets help to reveal a young man’s inner strength. And twin sisters discover that
it’s never too late to forge a new path—even when standing at the altar.
There are big stories behind these simple images. Though at first glance they may appear to represent small moments, these photographs in fact speak
volumes, uncovering possibilities of love, friendship, and happiness. With his indomitable charm, Alexander McCall Smith takes us behind the lens to explore
the hidden lives of those photographed; in so doing, he reveals the humanity in us all.
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Details
- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrator
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duration
- 4 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781980094067
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Short stories, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Pictures capture moments in time, presenting the viewer with a window into another life. But a picture can go only so far. Who are the people in the image?What are their fears? What are their dreams? In the fourteen delightful tales in this collection, Alexander McCall Smith imagines the lives and loves of some of theeveryday people pictured in these twentieth-century photographs. A young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. A family isforever fractured when war comes to Penang, in colonial Malaysia. Iron Jelloid tablets help to reveal a young man’s inner strength. And twin sisters discover thatit’s never too late to forge a new path—even when standing at the altar. There are big stories behind these simple images. Though at first glance they may appear to represent small moments, these photographs in fact speakvolumes, uncovering possibilities of love, friendship, and happiness. With his indomitable charm, Alexander McCall Smith takes us behind the lens to explorethe hidden lives of those photographed; in so doing, he reveals the humanity in us all.
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