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At the Reunion Buffet
At the Reunion Buffet: An Isabel Dalhousie Story | Alexander McCall Smith
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A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Original Selection In this warm, intelligently observed novella, Isabel Dalhousie, Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful heroine, learns valuable lessons about inviting the past (and everyone in it) back into your life. Isabel Dalhousie--philosopher, mother and friend--has generously agreed to host the opening dinner for her school reunion weekend. Twenty-five former classmates will descend upon her home, bringing with them new names, new looks, and old reputations. While some will see the reunion as an opportunity to forge new friendships and reaffirm old ones, others aren't interested in changing their minds about the past. One particular classmate, Barbara Grant, was known as an especially mean girl who bullied the others relentlessly. As hostess, Isabel feels compelled to help her guests on the path toward reconciliation and forgiveness, but bitter feelings and long-held secrets threaten to derail her efforts entirely. With her trademark insight and compassion, Isabel Dalhousie may find a way to navigate these treacherous waters. An eBook short.
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A short story in which Isabel Dalhousie ponders emotions and feelings raised by a school reunion attended by someone some people remember as a bully.

The usual gentle musings.

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Isabel looked away. She did not want to hear the details. She had always taken the view that although one might talk about the sexual activities of others, one did not talk about one‘s own. It was a question of privacy and trust: the other person was entitled not to have a private moment disclosed to all and sundry. The juvenile adage "Never kiss and tell" had a sound moral instinct behind it.

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THIS!!
What's the point of reunion?
Not all are eager to get reacquainted with the past, at least not always.

I hadn't realised how much I had missed Isabel Dalhousie's musings and reflection. Maybe I am finally ready to be in the same frequency as her ;))

Oh, just in time for the last #LitWorld2018GB Contours of Love title set in #Scotland 14/40 #santhiReads2018

Isabel and Jamie's marriage are simply #relationshipGoals