The Private Side of Friendship : One city. Six strangers. A nation divided. The time of their lives.

Featured on BBC Radio 4's Take Four Books Six friends. One city. The time of their lives. It’s 1988, and on the verge of a reunion with friends she hasn’t seen since graduation, Julie recalls her halcyon student days of 1984 and the strange tumultuous time they lived through. The friends – each from a very different background – are living in a gorgeous terraced flat in their Edinburgh idyll. As they navigate relationships and the unspoken rules of flat sharing, the troubled world all around them seems rather distant. But in the nearby hometown of one of the flatmates, the Miners' Strike is bringing about a huge political shift. Despite their differences, can these six strangers help each other see the world from a different perspective? Is there such a thing as being too close? And what are the limits of love between friends?Author: Alexander McCall Smith,author
Contributors: Alexander McCall Smith,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Edition: New in Paperback
Published/Release Date: 4 Jun 2026
Bic Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Birlinn General
Author/Director/Artist: Alexander McCall Smith
Dimension (cm): 198x129x19 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 27x195x128 mm
Item Weight (g): 252
Package Weight (g): 280