Picked this up in a charity shop and it is a fantastic collection of short stories. There are some written in Scottish dialect which are fun to try and read - I had to read them out loud to get going with them =). I expecially liked the stories about the dyslexic little schoolgirl and her hieroglyphics - she was such a character; the trip to Thailand - Mr Sing was brilliant; the little old lady Ivy was a bittersweet story... oh, and the story about the return to homeland Egypt after living in Aberdeen for several years. That was good too.

Taking to the York bookcrossers' meet up for October.

Like Scotland, want to read more short stories, seemed like a plan! Thank you :)