{"product_id":"9781846977619","title":"The Isle of Good Karma","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alexander McCall Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 October 2026 by Birlinn General (Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e234 x 153 | 466g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s never too late to make a change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingle and approaching middle age, Maeve Macdonald feels she has reached a point at which, if she doesn’t do something drastic soon, life will have passed her by. And so, after twenty years of teaching, she gives up her career and leaves the only home she’s ever known in search of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she prepares for this exciting new chapter in her life, travelling through South Asia, she finds that everything is going remarkably well – quite possibly things really are changing for the better. Karma, it appears, is on her side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut not long after arriving in Nepal, her good luck seems to have run out: an injury puts a pause on her plans, and an unexpected fall nearly ends her new-found friendship with a handsome American called Charles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Maeve have to abandon her trip and go back home alone? And will Charles be able to pluck up the courage to tell Maeve how he really feels before they go their separate ways?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49693141729539,"sku":"9781846977619","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781846977619.jpg?v=1790249284","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781846977619","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}