
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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Lisette Lecat
Handling a busy caseload at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and contending with an intruder in her home, Mma Ramotswe has plenty on her mind. So when her unfortunate past returns to haunt her, she is happy her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is distracted as well. It seems one of his apprentices at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors has raced off with an older, wealthy woman.
Life on the edge of the Kalahari is as humorously chaotic as ever for Mma Ramotswe and her loved ones. And there's plenty of bush tea to go around.
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Critic reviews
"[A] consistently delightful series....Amid the hilarious scenarios and quiet revelations are luminous descriptions of Botswana, land of wide-open spaces and endless blue skies." (Publishers Weekly)
"[McCall Smith] delivers another winner, brimming with poetic descriptions of Botswana, pitch-perfect assessments of human foibles, and sensible resolutions reached over steaming cups of bush tea. By turns laugh-out-loud funny and quietly profound, these life-affirming mysteries are fine company, indeed." (Booklist)
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In the past week I've gone through the first five of the series of fifteen. And, am about to start book six. I'll probably want to save some of the books for later, because surely there will be another awful person who will cross my path and who will deliberately squat and poop on it sometime in the future. . . .
. . . if you ever want to immerse yourself in a virtual world of kind people, with a few foibles that make them interesting, with a few problems to overcome, then the gentle, intelligent, and subtle humor of Alexander McCall Smith . . . perfectly narrated by Lisette Lecat . . . will find you in a soul-restoring experience.
A soothing balm of humanity in story form
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a wonderful change of pace.
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
No.How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Perhaps more interaction of the couple who get engaged at the end of the story.What about Lisette Lecat’s performance did you like?
Her conversations were believable and well spoken.Do you think In the Company of Cheerful Ladies needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
I've read a few in this series and have enjoyed them all. The people in this African town are so polite, which I find very appealing and so lacking in our own society, it's wonderful just to listen to them speak. A delight!Enchanting
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Excellent
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MMMMMakes you crazy with all the mmmmmmm's
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Wonderful, life affirming, character portraits in Botswana read to sound like the book has come to life.
Listen to the Zebra Drive tales and imagine having a cup of sweat-inducing hot, sweet tea in the cement floored and thinly furnished office of Mma Romatswe as you look across the rim of your cup and hear the wisdom of this kind-hearted fictitious woman.
Sounds like the book come to life!
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Another winner for Smith
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Much of the charm of this series is the fact the books are set in a place where life is slower and less frantic than the world most of us inhabit. Give it a chance. Enjoy the ride.
Lovely
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No.1 Ladies' Detective Stories
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Predictable, but charming.
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