Trains and Lovers: The Heart’s Journey by Alexander McCall Smith

Product Description     
Imagine you’re on a train.
Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are
or have been, and the different experiences you’ve all had. But there is one
more thing that you undoubtedly all share: you have all been in love at one
time or another. In this surprising and poignant story, four strangers meet
on a journey from Edinburgh to London. Each has a tale of love and of
railways: for Mark, a brief encounter on a railway platform leads to an
impulsive and possibly dangerous decision; Kay recounts the long journey back
to her childhood home in Australia and the love that was there; David
remembers a teenage friendship that faded into love; and Michael makes a
discovery that art and people may not be what they seem to be at first
glance. These are very different experiences, but throughout them all runs a
deep current of love. And loving others, as one of the characters observes,
is the good thing we do in our lives.
      Review     
Really rather
lovely

The Bookbag

Warm, funny,
poignant and touching

The Good Book Guide

His writing is as warm as cocoa, as cosy as thermal
underwear, and just what the doctor ordered for cold winter evenings.
Exceedingly good.

The Times

A
charming, humorous journey of the heart

Woman and Home

      About the Author     
Alexander McCall Smith is
the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series,
which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his
time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books
translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout
the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a
serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld
series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.