{"product_id":"friends-lovers-chocolate-1","title":"Friends, Lovers, Chocolate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is...well, perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly uneasy, and ethically disturbed. 'I am a philosopher', she thinks, 'but I am also a woman'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd more disturbance is in store. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Cat takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabel is intrigued. So intrigued that she finds herself rushing headlong into a dangerous investigation. But she still has time to think about the things that possess her - things like love and friendship, and, of course, temptation. The last of these comes in many forms - chocolate, for example, or seductive Italians...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=alexander+mccall+smith\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=alexander+mccall+smith\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eMore books by Alexander McCall Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Alexander McCall Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42068251443369,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/lovers.jpg?v=1647843059","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/friends-lovers-chocolate-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}