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A heartwarming, and heartbreaking, multigenerational novel from the bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith—a tale of unrequited love, and the unexpected places it takes us. This love story begins on a small Caribbean island, Grand Cayman, with 2 people who meet as children, and over 20 years and 4 continents will fall in love. Thursday chose her own name at age 4; at age A heartwarming, and heartbreaking, multigenerational novel from the bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith—a tale of unrequited love, and the unexpected places it takes us. This love story begins on a small Caribbean island, Grand Cayman, with 2 people who meet as children, and over 20 years and 4 continents will fall in love. Thursday chose her own name at age 4; at age 6, she falls in love with her best friend, James. He doesnt seem to reciprocate her feelings, but he does enjoy being her friend. For some years she and James happily spend all their time together—until the year that their game of spy inadvertently catches her mother and his father in a clandestine meeting. While Thursday and James enjoy their freedom, we meet her mother, Amanda, who is surprised to suddenly realize one day that she has fallen out of love with her husband, but she is trapped in her marriage. Amanda is then equally surprised to learn that George, Jamess father, is also unhappily married—and is interested in her. The adults and the children must navigate their way through the complicated, confusing maze of love and desire in Alexander McCall Smiths beautiful and lyrical tale about the many kinds of love—first love, unrequited love, true love—thats sure to be embraced by readers of all generations.

A heartwarming, and heartbreaking, multigenerational novel from the bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith—a tale of unrequited love, and the unexpected places it takes us. This love story begins on a small Caribbean island, Grand Cayman, with 2 people who meet as children, and over 20 years and 4 continents will fall in love. Thursday chose her own name at age 4; at age A heartwarming, and heartbreaking, multigenerational novel from the bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith—a tale of unrequited love, and the unexpected places it takes us. This love story begins on a small Caribbean island, Grand Cayman, with 2...  Read More