The right attitude to rain

The key to contentment in theScottish climate is the right attitude to rain - just asin life the key to happiness lies in making the best ofwhat you have.Bruised in love by her faithless Irish husband, IsabelDalhousie is a connoisseur of intimate moral issues: sheedits a philosophical journal and spends a great deal ofher time considering how to improve the lives of thosearound her. There is her housekeeper Grace, whose futureshe must secure; her niece Cat, who is embarking on a newrelationship with a dubious workaholic mummy's boy; andeven an American couple newly arrived in Edinburgh on atour. And then there is Jamie, Cat's ex-boyfriend, ahandsome, gifted musician fourteen years Isabel's junior,with whom she is slowly and hopelessly falling in love.Intensely thoughtful and consistently entertaining, THERIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN is shot through with compassionand unassuming intelligence.