Faced with more than her fair share of domestic problems, Mma Makutsi deals with it all with her usual grace. Precious says little about Grace's behaviour and realizes this is due to her feeling insecure for some reason. The mysteries are not ‘mysteries’, but aspects of one’s life- things we see in society, issues someone has to deal with, and decisions people need to make. Throughout it all, the ladies (and their men) muse on many topics: unheeded parental wisdom, the benefits of occasional consumption of unhealthy food, the proliferation of extra features on any saleable item, the demise of dining tables and plates, and the curse of phased redundancy and planned obsolescence. Grace and Phuti agree to lend a hand, but the boy proves difficult to reach, and the situation is more than they can handle on their own.

It was already eight-thirty, a recklessly late hour for her, but then she remembered that the children were at their friends’ houses and did not have to be got ready for school. The remainder of the novel is mostly about Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi going about their business; Mma Ramotswe's inner musings; and the characters drinking tea and having rambling conversations. Mma Ramotswe, though, would say, “No, do not think that bad things – like cruelty and lack of mercy – will triumph over things that are good – like kindness and decency.

Most people longed for the day when they might tune into a news broadcast and hear the announcer say, 'I'm sorry, everybody, but nothing has happened.

Ladies' Detective Agency novels for philosophical asides such as this: It was a curious thing, she thought, that a person's eyes should tell you so much about what was going on inside them. Year after year, fans of the easy reading and “uplit” series eagerly anticipate catching up with the characters and enjoy spending a few lovely hours in Botswana. It's up to Mma Ramotswe to find out what is happening and devise a solution, as, of course, she will. I wish to thank NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC of this heartwarming and delightful book.I really related to the career burnout and general feeling of depression Precious experiences in this book! His career has been a varied one: for many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the United Kingdom and abroad. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. No real mystery for our ladies to solve here, but a few things that need to be resolved among friends helping friends.Grace keeps overreaching her position in the agency and Precious is increasingly tired of trying to defend her right as the No. Mma Makutsi asserts there's no difference in the jobs male and female nurses do, and Mma Ramotswe interjects: "Sometimes they have special jobs to do, Mma Makutsi. Acts of unkindness by others do not make us unkind – they simply make us all the more determined to be kind ourselves.

After that she was ready to prepare a sandwich for her lunch, have a final cup of tea, and then set off in her tiny white van for the short drive to the office. Ladies’ Detective Agency is known for, assure us that in the end, all these matters will be set right. It will require not only all of their patience and dedication, but also the help of Mma Ramotswe and the formidable Mma Potokwani.Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. After his first- ever visit to the dentist, Charlie is dismayed to learn what will be needed to keep his teeth from falling out. Mma Ramotswe comes up with ideas that might solve both issues and provide a happy solution for all of them. B. Matekoni would have replaced the van at the drop of a hat, but Mma Ramotswe was as loyal to machinery as she was to people, and steadfastly refused to countenance the purchase of a new vehicle.