Trains and Lovers – The Heart’s Journey

 Trains and Lovers – The Heart’s Journey

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 26, 2014

 

Author  Alexander McCall Smith

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ISBN:                 978-1-84697-254-4
Publisher:         Polygon Books UK
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Website:    http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au 

Four people, four lives and a journey taking place in a train. Four different countries and four different love stories all told in the gentle, insightful style of master story teller McCall Smith as he chooses a moment in time when four strangers meet on a train. A chance remark encourages them to strike up a conversation about love.

Each person has a story to tell of love: of a parents love in times gone by, of love in the present, of love of a different persuasion and of the challenges of love, trust and unrequited love all unfold as the wheel s of the train clack toward their common destination.

 Introspective, humorous, reflective and gentle we join four different people on their journey who share, in an idle moment, some of the many contemplative facets of love and what exactly makes love into love ever after.

From the elegance of Paris to an outback siding in Australia, McCall Smith once again creates unforgettable characters, each with a story to tell, a journey to travel and a life to live, all ending with a reflective moment about how you can reach out and touch others just simply by being there and sharing.

Fiction