The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: 8 (Isabel Dalhousie, 8) - Softcover

"Entertaining and enchanting reading about characters you think you know--and wish you did." --Las Vegas Review Journal

"Dalhousie [is] back in true form. . . . An endearing, intelligent and kindly character." --The Charleston Post & Courier

"Readers get to soak up the cozy atmosphere of this Scottish university town and McCall Smith's gentle good will." --The Boston Globe

"A real treat." --The Plain Dealer

"Subtle, surprising, and incisive." --Sacramento Book Review

"You don't read these books to find out 'who done it, ' you read them for the pleasure of spending a few hours following a sensitive, intellectual woman as she roams around Edinburgh speculating ingeniously about everything from moral responsibility to aesthetics and metaphysics." --BlogCritics

"McCall Smith's latest novel featuring the wise but impish Edinburgh philosopher Isabel Dalhousie. . . . [And] countless small adventures and gentle observations." --The Toronto Star

"Totally absorbing. . . . Isabel is everything you'd want in a philosopher, but she is also quirky and witty." --Booklist (starred review)

"You needn't be a series-long admirer of Isabel Dalhousie to be beguiled by this curious philosopher and casual sleuth. . . . A heroine worth following." --Publishers Weekly

"McCall Smith's talent for dialogue is matched only by his gift for characterization. It's hard to believe that he could make up a character as complex and unique as Isabel. She is by turns fearless, vulnerable, headstrong, and insecure, but always delightful." --Chicago Tribune

"Endearing. . . . Offers tantalizing glimpses of Edinburgh's complex character and a nice, long look into the beautiful mind of a thinking woman." --The New York Times Book Review

"In Mma Ramotswe, [McCall Smith] minted one of the most memorable heroines in any modern fiction. Now, with the creation of Isabel Dalhousie, he's done it again. . . . She's such good company, it's hard to believe she's fictional. You finish [one] installment greedily looking forward to more." --Newsweek

"Isabel is a force to be reckoned with."--USA Today