It is a celebration of love, but is not without its sadness as love is shown to expose our ability or failure to trust - one story with humour, one with poignancy. As the wheels glide forward from Edinburgh to London, these four people will allow themselves to also flow into a rhythm of ease with one another. What a lovely title and what a lovely book. My best quote comes. Welcome back. Find fantastic Luxury Trains and Heritage Steam gifts for a friend or even treat yourself. It is about trains and lovers as evident from the name. Please try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2014. Each of them has a story to tell about a love affair, some of which are successful, others are not; and each of the stories introduces other characters, some of whom you can't help but warm to and others less so. Choo-choo-choosing one single reason why autistic people love trains is by no means an easy task as, although many autistic people will form an obsession with trains from a young age, explanations for this interest vary greatly depending on personality and position on the spectrum (not to mention whether they even care about trains in the first place – which many do not). When the clerk at Watermark Books suggested I might >Trains and Lovers, the newest McCall Smith book, I grabbed it up. Strangers on a train, only these strangers are not planning a murder, but recounting their different experiences with love. Alexander McCall Smith has given his readers a gift of love in the guise of a plain, simple account of four strangers on a train. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 December 2012. Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith #Trains and Lovers #Alexander McCall Smith #Quote #Book #Books #Reading #Read 2013 #p.193 #Love #Heart #Space #Life 6 notes McCall Smith is at his best not only when a character speaks, but when a nicely articulated plot keeps the reader interested in the charaters themselves. I can't go wrong picking up one of his, though I still suspect him of keeping his manuscripts in the closet pre-written, he is so prolific! While each of the four riders present a story, each weighs what is important to tell and how their story will be received by the other three. But it surprised me, it was intelligent and enjoyable. In this case we have strangers on a train traveling from Edinburgh to London sharing train stories. For many, if not most, people trains have a romantic allure, of chance meetings and adventure. With Omio (GoEuro) you can search and book trains, coaches and flights to anywhere in the UK, the U.S., Canada and Europe—with one simple search, in one place—on your mobile, app or desktop. Trains and Lovers. I borrowed this from an outdoor community library books box. Okay, that would not be me but if one can keep their pessimistic nature in check, they will be treated to a rather comforting, if bland discourse. To see what your friends thought of this book, I LOVE this quote! I really loved this plot idea and the way that it was written with segments on the train and then sections which are focused on the specific memory of the person. I’ve never read anything by Alexander before, but from other book bloggers, he seems to be quite popular. Most of the other options had acquired mould, so I didn't have a lot of choice. 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