01319cam a2200265 4500 285111231 TxAuBib 20170217120000.0 141027s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014039915 9780804170000 Softcover $15.00 0804170002 Softcover $15.00 TxAuBib Smith, Alexander McCall. Bertie's Guide To Life And Mothers, #9. 1st ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2015. 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. 44 Scotland Street, #9 "Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The long-suffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering mother Irene"-- Provided by publisher. 20170217. Humorous stories. Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs Fiction. 44 Scotland Street, #9.