Heavenly Date: chapter 8

This chapter is called Heavenly Date. In this chapter there is a man named, Sabitino who lives with his daughter, and they live in a seventeenth century home in Italy. The man rented out a section of his house to woman named, Emma. Emma did not know too much about Italy, so the man told her everything that she needed to know.

Sabitino and Emma would always end up talking for a long time, and one day Sabitino asked her if she would like to go on a date. Emma said yes, and asked him if he would like to go on a picnic. The man said yes. A day later they met to have luch in a park. After they ate, they stood up, and Sabitino gave her a hug. They layed back down, she closed her eyes, and when she opened them, he ws gone.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 7

In chapter 8 not too much happened, but there was a woman who is married to the mayor of a city, and she is the mayoress. His wife always decides for him what the new plans for the city are going to be, and how they are going to be done. One of the mayor's friend came into his office one day, and found him reading a girls magazine. Since there were such beautiful girls in the magazine, it was too much excitement for his oldself, that he ended up dying of a heartattack. After his death, his wife becomes the new mayor.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 6

This chapter is about fat people going on blind dates. The mans name is Edgar and the womans name is Nina. The go on a date to watch an opera. A man at the opera wispered to his wife, "hey there's fatty MacDonald" (152). After the opera they went to dinner, and talked about how they both have been to Italy, and about how much they loved it. During dinner that got into an argument about who was fatter. When leaving the restaurant Mr. MacDonald got stuck in his chair, and left the restaurant with a chair stuck to his behind. Walking through the streets, they heard music and decided to sit down and enjoy. Nina sat on edgar's lap, and the chair broke.

THE END

Heavenly Date: Chapter 5

This chapter tells a story about a young girl named Alice, who was raised in Australia by her father. Her mother died when she was only twelve years old. Alice's teacher wants her togo to an art school for college, which was in Paris, France, but her father had other plans for her.

Her father needed some help on the farm, so he had the youngest Page boy; John to come over to help restore the harvester, and all of the tractors. Within a couple of weeks they were all working as good as new.

One day her father asked John if he would like to have lunch with them on Sunday, so he came over, and instead of wearing his work clothes, he was dressed up, and looked very clean. After their meal John asked Alice, "Would you like to go to a dance? There's one at the hall on Saturday" (143). She said yes, and they went to the dance together. After the dance, John spent the nightt at Alices house. In the morning, John went into te kitchen to her father, and told him that he is going to marry Alice. The following Saturday, they went to go see a movie, and John proposed to her.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 4

A psychiatrist tells short stories about some of his patients throughout this chapter. In the beginning of the chapter he talks to us about how one of his patients told him that he is married, and has been having an affair with another woman. The psychiatrist wishes he didn't have a rule, where he wasn't aloud to tell his patients family members or other people about what he his patients tell him.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 3

This chapter is called, Far North. It takes place in Australia in the Cairns region of the country. There is a young woman in the this chapter who travels to Australia, and she didn't think that she would enjoy all that much. But she had a great time, and loved it there, "You know, I'm glad I came. I'm happy here. Do you believe that? No, you probably don't, but I am" (92).

The young woman meets a man named, Bill Jameson, and they go out on a date. Bill picked her up at the place she was staying, and then went for a drive. When they were driving they were trying to figure out what they were going to do. THey figured ouot they were going to have lunch at a seafood restaurant, and ended up eating in complete silence. After lunch, they went to a crocodile farm, and she hated. At the end of the chapter, she told Bill, that he's not the type of guy that she needs, and went home.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 2

At the beginning of this new chapter, Herr Brugli is staying at a hotel where he is treated like a celebrity. When he arrives at the hotel, the manager walks up to him saying, "We've reserved your usual room, the one you had last year. The one which looks out over the trees. I believe you liked it" (pg. 19). Knowing that the manager remembered which room Herr preferred most. It made him feel like he was known, at least by them, and it gave him a sense of security.

After he unpacked, he left the hotel to walk about the city. He came upon a bar, and went in to have a drink. While he was inside he met a man, who introduced him to young teenage girl. Herr payed off the man for the girl, and took her out to dinner, and then back to his hotel. Back at the hotel he told her to strip so he could have sex with her, but after she did, he foundout that she wasn't a girl, but actually a boy.

Heavenly Date: Chapter 1

The book that I am reading for my fourth quarter outside reading book is Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations, which was written by Alexander McCall Smith. In this chapeter it takes place in the 20th century in Switzerland's largest city, Zurich. I know that the main characters name is Herr Brugli. He has a butler who is also his bestfriend has worked for him for fiftteen years, and his name is Markus. He's in his early 80's, and lives in a mansion on the shores of Lake Zurich. Herr is in love with a woman named, Madame Verloren van Thermaat, who lives two miles away and she lives on the shores of the same lake. About once a week, the two of them go on a walk along the shore, and then finish it off by going to a cafe called, Sprungli's. When Herr arrived at Madame Thermaat's house for the walk, he asked her if she would like a blanket, but she refused saying, "I am perfectly warm, I never feel the cold" (pg. 4).