# The Lost Art Of Gratitude

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- Book: [The Lost Art Of Gratitude](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith/the-lost-art-of-gratitude) ([The Lost Art Of Gratitude.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith/the-lost-art-of-gratitude.md))
- Authors: [Alexander McCall Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith)
- Publisher: abacus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-4811-111-4
- Published: 2009-09-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people's problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment. Minty is not the only high-flier in Isabel's life; her niece Cat has just become engaged to a tightrope-walking stuntman. Isabel fears his next job - and the engagement - could end in disaster. Meanwhile, her own boyfriend Jamie has marriage in mind too . . .