The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is lightweight stuff that passes the time pleasantly enough. Neil, a doctor doing research, is mistreated at work and cheated on by his girlfriend so he takes the offer of his gay friend to decamp on the island of Mull, a remote Scottish area. There he enjoys the small-town low pressure feel and meets a lovely woman vet. You can pretty much fill in the rest. I do wish the author would find another word besides “just.” “I just do”. “It just is.” “They just can’t.” Every character speaks this way. They just do.