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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith

 
Description: ISBN 034911742X / Author: Alexander McCall Smith / Genre: Fiction / Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of ... more
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith ... 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortunately, her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van and a bicycle, and by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant, Mma Makutsi, and one of the apprentices at the garage. This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz. How can he be rescued from his folly? And as for Mma Makutsi, she has found a dancing class, and a man who may not be able to dance very well, but who admires her greatly. And all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea, and of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky.

Newest Review: ... one of the mechanics at the garage, has found a rich sugar mummy and has handed in his notice; J L B Matekoni’s old home, ... more

 ... rented out to an acquaintance, has been turned into an illegal bar; Mma Makutsi, Mma Ramotwe’s hard-working assistant has realised she may have to spend the rest of her life alone and Mma Ramotswe knocks a man off his bicycle. Can Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi solve their own problems as well as everyone else’s? The characters Apart from the first book featuring Mma Ramotswe, where her childhood is carefully described, she has had very little character development since then. In this book, she is her usual stolid, s...more

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Pages: 272, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Abacus
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Premium Review In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith: Bush tea and pumpkins (767 words)
by - written on 12/07/06 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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Introduction This is the sixth book in the series featuring Precious Ramotswe, the founder of the Number One Ladies Detective Agency. I’ve read a couple of the previous books, and although I wasn’t completely bowled over by them, they were light and enjoyable reads and when I saw this for 50p in a charity shop, I couldn’t resist. The story Mma Ramotswe is now married to her long time boyfriend J L B Matekoni and the two are living in Zebra Drive with their adopted children. Business is good; the Number One Ladies Detective Agency now has quite a name for itself and the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors business is renowned for its hard-working boss, J L B ...  Read the complete review

 

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