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Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7)

by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)

4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 · rating details · 13,325 ratings · 653 reviews

THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 7

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal ass...more

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Published March 13th 2007 by Anchor (first published January 1st 2006)

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Feb 02, 2008 Shiloh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Shiloh by: Karen Huggins recommended the series

Shelves: african-reads

This is the sixth book in the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series that I have read. This book was so much fun for me, not just because it is a easy read and a fun story, but it has so many memories. I love that I know what the hot Botwana sun feels like , or what Kigale hill looks like, or that I can pronounce the Setswana words. I can relate to Mma Ramotswe (which was also the name of our nanny) on what a unique country Botswana is politically in Africa and the pride in their first president...more

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Mar 12, 2009 Jamie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Another nice entry in this series, a quick, happy read. I'm looking forward to the HBO series based on these books, that starts at the end of March.

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Apr 19, 2011 Shinn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, detective, food, humour, mystery, nature, rural, society, africa

The only other book in the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series I've read is the first one and so perhaps I should have waited to read books number two to six before jumping straight to the seventh in the series. However, I couldn't resist buying whatever was available when I went to the book store yesterday and in any case, I have maintained a rich tradition of reading books out of order.

It goes without saying that reading this one was as enjoyable as the first one, the warm Botswana sun a welc...more The only other book in the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series I've read is the first one and so perhaps I should have waited to read books number two to six before jumping straight to the seventh in the series. However, I couldn't resist buying whatever was available when I went to the book store yesterday and in any case, I have maintained a rich tradition of reading books out of order.

It goes without saying that reading this one was as enjoyable as the first one, the warm Botswana sun a welcome relief from the dank darkness of the other mystery novels I've been reading lately. Although, I don't know if this is strictly a detective story; it seems so much more. In this book, Precious Ramotswe, joined by the trusty Mma Makutsi and the very pleasant Rra Polopetsi tackles blackmail, witchcraft, overpriced medicine and dieting. There are loving references to food and spectacularly named people like Phuti Radiphuti (I wanted to speak the name out aloud every time it appeared). People in Botswana must have the most wonderful names, they're like little songs.

In this book too, Alexander McCall-Smith brings out the poetry of the everyday. The book engages you because it captures life as it actually is, with both little comedies and little tragedies, things insignificant and profound. The last few pages are characteristic of this, they talk about fruit cake and the traditionally built, but McCall-Smith chooses to end the book with such moving words: "And in her mind's eye she saw the winding paths of Mochudi, and the cattle pens, and the small walled-off plot of ground where a modest stone bore the inscription, Obed Ramotswe. And beside the stone there were wild flowers growing, small flowers of such beauty and perfection that they broke the heart. They broke the heart."

It doesn't matter that the book is about people who - on the surface - are different from you. I've never been to Africa and I'm not traditionally built but I find it easy to connect to the characters and look at them as they are, not as detectives or mechanics or even just Batswana. Yes, they are from a foreign land, but they are also like people you might meet on your own street. I love the basic goodness of the characters. They are certainly not without failings but, and this is the important thing, they choose to do the right thing, they choose to overlook sadness and defeat and focus the good.

When I first flipped through the book, moving past the blurbs, one caught my eye partly because it was from someone other than the usual writers that write these things, but also because I though the review captured the secret to the success of the series. This is what the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers had to say, and I agree: "I highly recommend them if you like to be happy."

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Mar 11, 2011 Sally906 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS is the seventh book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and looks at some weighty issues such as looks at blackmail, superstition, feminism and medical corruption. Author, Alexander McCall Smith, successfully manages to show how Botswana is managing the balance between tradition and modernity, between village and city communities. The main character, Precious Ramotswe, is a traditionally built woman who follows the traditional values, but also embraces the possibilities...more

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Dec 25, 2010 Larisha rated it 5 of 5 stars

For those who have read the earlier books, Blue Shoes and Happiness will strike most as the best balanced and most rewarding book in this delightful series. The story has animal tales (one involving a cobra), several mysteries to resolve, challenges in Mma Makutsi's engagement, a detection training opportunity for Mr Polopetsi, more challenges with Mr J.L.B. Matekoni's apprentices, decisive purchases by Mr J.L.B. Matekoni and Mma Makutsi, and many reflections on the true nature of happiness by P...more

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Oct 22, 2010 Sonia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: novel, mystery

Blue Shoes and Happiness - The not-so-adventures and the journey-of-discovery-of-life continue for precious Ramotswe. The reader discovers in the process more intricacies and failings of human life. A person established in society can be doing something dishonest and someone who has not done any wrong can be punished for it and looked down upon by society. The tiny attractive failing of Mma Makutsi in buying the beautiful impractical shoes reminds us of similar things we have done sometime or th...more

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Apr 03, 2010 Joyce Hansen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: africa, botswana, contemporary-fiction, cozy, crime, fiction, detective, humor, mystery, women-detectives, women, series, made-into-a-tv-series

Another of my fave cozy mystery series. Made into a beautifully-shot, but otherwise unsatisfying HBO TV series.

Summary: There is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local clinic reveals that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded. And Botswana has a new advice columnist, Aunty Emang, whose advice is rather curt for Mma Ramotswe's taste. All this means a lot of work for our heroine and...more

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Oct 29, 2009 Aaron rated it 5 of 5 stars

This volume in the popular No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series is one that will keep readers hopping as it seems like everyone is looking for help from the agency.

One of the more interesting cases is brought to her by Botelo Mampodi, a nurse who has some concerns that the doctor she works for might not totally on the up-and-up as he seems to be excluding her from portions of exams that she normally would be involved with. Mma Ramotswe remembers the last time she had to deal with a doctor with q...more This volume in the popular No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series is one that will keep readers hopping as it seems like everyone is looking for help from the agency.

One of the more interesting cases is brought to her by Botelo Mampodi, a nurse who has some concerns that the doctor she works for might not totally on the up-and-up as he seems to be excluding her from portions of exams that she normally would be involved with. Mma Ramotswe remembers the last time she had to deal with a doctor with questionable ethics and opts to take on the case for the greater good even as she knows that Mma Mampodi will not be able to pay her fro the work.

Then there is a case Mma Ramotswe is hired by Poppy Maope for. She works a the food fall at the local college, and she believes the head chef might be stealing food to bring home. The only problem is that the chef is Poppy's boss, and she is concerned that she will be fired if she reports the chef.

The manager of a nearby animal preserve also decides to contact the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency for assistance. In this case, his workers are struggling with an overpowering fear. Unfortunately, no one is willing to come forward and highlight the root of the problem so it will be up Mma Ramotswe to sort it out so everyone can get back to work.

Of course, there is always the interesting personal lives of the primary characters to enrich the tale even further. Grace Makutsi, the awkward and talented assistant detective has recently become engaged to the successful furniture store owner Phuti Radiphuti. Mr. Radiphuti is a traditionalist, and Mma Makutsi makes the mistake of highlighting that all women are feminists. She can't help but worry whether that statement might drive her fiance away.

One of the newest characters to the series, Mr. Polopetsi, who has been hired on at Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's garage, is still dealing with the consequences of being wrongly jailed. He has been fortunate in that Mma Ramotswe and her friends and family seem more than willing to help, but his own family is less understanding. He would love to have a new car, but his uncle is unwilling to provide him with a lone.

Finally, everyone is also starting to wonder if either of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's apprentices will finish up there time with the garage. While they seem to be able to do the work, they are quite lazy ... even with the watchful eye of Mma Makutse.

This book nicely balance the personal lives of the characters with the interesting cases they are drawn into. Grace Makutsi quickly became a favorite character of mine, and she is really given a chance to shine in this story. Mma Ramotswe is also able to figure anything out with some logic and a little common sense. This is another nice addition to the series.(less)

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Oct 21, 2009 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mma Ramotswe is back and it is a real pleasure to sit down and become part of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. This addition to the series does not fall short of expectations. The reader is treated to matters of mystery large and small and the intuitive reasonings of Mma Ramotswe and her assitant Mma Makutsi. Smith's writing is truely compassionate and heart warming. Although we have people committing blackmail, lying, cheating and hurting one another, we have Mma Ramotswe who through her gent...more

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Apr 23, 2010 Gill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: other-places

There is only one thing wrong with this series in my opinion: that is that there appear only to be 9 books! Despite rationing myself to reading these interspersed with various other reading matter, to eke out the supply, once I begin reading one I can do so in one or two sittings, and find it impossible to restrain myself to reading a section or a chapter at a time.
This is partly due to the contruction of these books. Instead of each story or chapter tackling one particular investigation, the...more

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Jun 17, 2009 Anne Hawn Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, cozy-mystery, mystery, foreign-country, comfort-read

There are so many great reviews of these books that it is hard to not be repetitive. This book was one of my favorites because of Mma Makutsi and her "blue shoes." Like so much else in Smith's books, the shoes are a vehicle for philosophy. There is a contrast between Mma Ramotswe's contented life and Mma Makutsi's need driven one. Mma Ramotswe sits under trees and looks at the land with such contentment and joy. She doesn't escape from her problems, but she does let the land put them into perspe...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Graham rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: africa, literature, mystery

BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS, the seventh in Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, is undoubtedly the best yet. Smith's writing seems to improve with every novel: his language becomes more poetic, his details richer, his observations on the minutiae of human existence ever more prevalent and telling.

Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and the other characters who fill out the pages of the book seem truer to life than ever before. In fact, everyone in the expanding cast is present here...more

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May 16, 2011 TC rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is the first I have read of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Typically I managed to pick up the 7th book in the series, but this was a Borrowed Book Challenge book and our library is only small and just had 2 books from the series. (This is the same library that has the second book in The Hunger Games series but not the first - go figure) I had been recommended the series by a couple of colleagues who were amazed I had never read any of them before.

Mma Ramotswe is the princip...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Trish rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: africa, author-i-d-most-like-to-meet, audio, buddhism, classics, fiction, funny, mysteries, one-for-the-ages, series, something-completely-new

I have just realized I have never reviewed any of Alexander McCall Smith's series, though I have read from each one. McCall Smith's series are primers in "how to be kind." He calmly and rationally helps us to negotiate everyday conundrums that plague us and make us anxious and bitter. The thoughtful reactions he puts in the voice of Mma Ramotswe are kind and comforting, her solutions sensitive and gracious.

If blue shoes can bring happiness, it may be worth owning them even if they are too small...more

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Sep 24, 2011 Sue Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2011

I do so enjoy the adventures of Mma Ramotswe and the number one ladies detective agency! There's always some sort of dilemma to sort out and there's never a want for work .... not the paying kind, but always someone who needs assistance. And the agency is always there to help.

The gentle and caring nature of Mma Ramotswe is carried into the thought and consideration she puts into her clients - whether they pay or not. And that's what I love about her. It's showing that you should do this - even...more

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Aug 02, 2010 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio

Little ever seems to happen in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books that can't be resolved in the time it takes the irrepressable Mma Ramotswe to brew and consume a pot of bush tea. Mysteries are solved, quips exchanged, and long passages recited that may (or may not) be quotes from Sir Seretse Khama.

On the flip side, there's something refreshing about Mma Ramotswe and crew. I listened to the audio recording: these are books to listen to when you're having a bad day. Lisette Lecat breathes li...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was frustrating. It was successful in its examination of the relationship between Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi. The introspections of Mma Ramotswe was a little less successful, but interesting none the less. The mysteries were even less a part of this book than usual, but that was fine with me.

This time, I am going to talk about what I don't like about these books. There are two things that constantly irritate me. The first is the treatment of African men. At first (after reading book...more This book was frustrating. It was successful in its examination of the relationship between Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi. The introspections of Mma Ramotswe was a little less successful, but interesting none the less. The mysteries were even less a part of this book than usual, but that was fine with me.

This time, I am going to talk about what I don't like about these books. There are two things that constantly irritate me. The first is the treatment of African men. At first (after reading book 1), I thought it was, clearly, a case of racism. Then, I convinced myself that since the author’s audience is primarily women, he may be just giving women what they want. Women love to bash me. Now, I’m back to thinking it is just racism, plain and simple. In all of these books, the African, male, characters who are decent are emasculated, almost feminine in disposition. Most of the other African men are portrayed as stupid or womanizing. In this book, there was a strong male character introduced, who didn’t seem to be up no good. He was smart, direct, etc. I thought, “finally,” then I realized the character was white. I’m going to try and let this go, enough to finish the series without driving myself crazy. The book did lead to a short lived HBO series that gave a whole lot of black people jobs. Also, the books have introduced many people to an African country that many hadn’t heard of before.

Another thing that annoys me is that all the Africans are treated as simpletons with unsophisticated thought processes. Even Mma Ramotswe is pretty unsophisticated in the way she thinks.

There are a couple of other things that don’t bother me, but I think are weird. For example, I think is weird is that Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni don’t have sex. We are in Mma Ramotswe’s head, and she never seems remotely attracted to her husband, nor does she ever think of sex. She thinks about tea, cake, the sky, but never sex. Even though many of the other males are sex obsessed, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni never gives a hint of even being attracted to his wife in a sexual way. He admires her. He loves her, but sexual chemeistry or flirtation is non-existent. Also, what is up with the kids Motholeli and Puso? They seem like plot devices that are just taken out and put away at McCall's convenience.

I’ve never bought one of these books. I’d never pay a dime for one, because, although, I'm pretty sure McCall loves Botswana, but he doesn't repect African men. However, I do need to know what ends up happening to Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi, so I’m sure I’ll finish the series eventually.
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Jan 09, 2011 Gerald Sinstadt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-general

The troubles and hardships of life for many in Africa are frequently documented and seldom difficult to comprehend. It is good, therefore, to be shown one part of that huge continent in a gentler, happier light. Alexander McCall Smith's affection for Botswana and its people is palpable. In Mma Ramotswe and those whose lives are touched by the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the author creates characters who are astutely and persuasively observed.

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Feb 18, 2011 Robin rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love this whole series - I actually listened to the audio books and it amazing to hear them read by a lady with a Botswanan accent - it REALLY got me into them!!!!!
The characters are all so beautifully written, you feel like you are their friends, so very close to them!
The stories aren't super thrillers, not really a lot of action, but they are WONDERFUL just the same! Something about the way the stories are written keep you enthralled....I love this whole series - I actually listened to the a...more

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Jan 25, 2010 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the seventh book about the lives of Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency; her assistant, Grace Makutsi; and her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, proprietor of Tlokweng Speedy Motors.

In this book the ladies discover a cobra in their office, a nurse comes to Mma Ramotswe because a doctor is giving patients false blood pressure readings,a nearby game preserve has some problems and the cook at a local college is feeding her husband and being blackmailed because of...more

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May 19, 2009 Isis rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook

Maybe I didn't like it quite as much as the previous one, but still, it is always wonderful to visit Botswana and lose myself in the world of the tiny white van and 97%, of Seretse Khama and the old Botswana morality. The intertwining plots perhaps had the common thread, this time, of vanity and pride: Mma Makutsi's statement about being a feminist nearly derailing her engagement (or so she thinks!), Mr. Polopoletsi's attempt to solve a problem on his own, Mma Ramotswe's diet, and of course, the...more

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Jan 01, 2010 Kathleen Dixon rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: detective-spy, place

It's nice to get back to this series - the characters continue to delight.

Here are a couple of passages that I want to remember:

This new-found fluency ,, enabled him to say things that he had been unable to say for years, and the words flowed out of him ... It was as if a drought had ended - a drought that had made for expanses of silence, as drought will dry up a salt pan and render it white and powdery - and the words were like longed-for rain, turning the land green at last. (p.51, hardcover...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Bookmarks Magazine added it · review of another edition

Scotsman author Alexander McCall Smith's series has enchanted readers all over the world with its warmth, simple truths, dry humor, and depictions of life in Botswana. This newest addition doesn't disappoint. Penelope Lively, a neophyte to the series, praised the book for an "Africa made accessible" and for "beguiling" characters. If the plot moves a little slowly and the mysteries seem somewhat odd, it's because the novel focuses on human relations (this time we come to know Mma Makutsi intimat

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Apr 02, 2010 Poonam rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found this 7th book quite indulgent in thoughts, perceptions and whims of Mma Precious, her husband J.L.B Maketoni and assistant Mma Makutsi. There seems to be an addition of another character called Rra Polopetsi.

More than the conversations, these thoughts brought out the wit and turmoil each character underwent.

Be it women's handling of men, their tact, issues with 'traditional built', dieting, their foibles (for example, Mma Makutsi's fancy for pretty blue shoes that are completely unsuitab...more

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May 19, 2012 Greg Bascom rated it 3 of 5 stars

In my favorable review of the first in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, I wrote that the author reveals Botswana for us without being pushy. In BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS, I felt lectured by his idyllic representation of the mores and morals in a country where nearly a quarter of the adult population is HIV positive.

The homey writing with concatenations of long sentences is slow-paced and sleepy. Precious does not get her first client until page 31, and thirty pages later she still hadn't...more

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Jun 17, 2010 jane rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mma Ramotswa and Mma Makutsi intertwine several No. ! Ladies Detective themes into her story of "Blue Shoes and Happiness" She spends money on blue shoes that don't fit-she finds happiness wearing them! She is criticized by the uncomfortable style while Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni who criticized her purchases an expensive comfortable chair for himself-Mms criticizes his expensive purchase. Mma Ramotswe-the "unconditionally built" lady questions her diet: "Do I really want to change the way I am? Who lik...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Martin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Another in the series, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency set in Botswana with such dignity and light humor. This one entails how everyone is entitled a little happiness, even Mme Ramotswe's assistant Mme Wakutse and her purchase for vanity sakes of a new pair of blue designer shoes that are too small. A blackmailer is exposed and put out of business as is an evil omen on her Uncle's game reserve. All the usual wonderful characters are there and all the wonderment of living in Botswana and their...more

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Feb 09, 2011 Kristin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Mma Ramotswe and Mma Maketoni continue to sleuth and contemplate life in Botswana. We are joined by a new character at Tolkweng Speedy Motors, a Rra Polopetsi - part garage assistant/part detective. In addition, Mma Maketoni now has a fiancee. The apprentices continue thier antics and girl chasing, the ladies contemplate shoes and weight, and Rra JLB Maketoni continues to work on engines.

I did not find this selection as engaging as some of the others. The various sub-plots were slow to develop...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Rusty rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller

Once again I returned to Botswana and the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. The issues in this mystery are blackmail, drug fraud, weight loss and happiness - strange mixture indeed but Smith weaves it all together to make a warm, humorous story. Precious Ramotswe's intent to lose weight is an all too human effort. At the same time she pursues the identity of a blackmailer and searches out a case of drug fraud perhaps perpetuated by a physician. And happiness comes from the purchase of a beautiful b...more

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Mar 03, 2011 Rachael rated it 2 of 5 stars

I was really disappointed by this book. I've read this entire series so far and loved every book until now. It was a bit boring and the almost every character kept having flashbacks that the author kept pointing out. I'm fine with the flashbacks, it just seemed like every character would get lost in their thoughts about the past and someone would have to say, "Um hello earth to Mma Ramotswe" and the character would then jump back into the converstaion. I don't think I'm expaining it well, but it...more

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“Dieting was cruel; it was an abuse of human rights. Yes, that's what it was, and she should not allow herself to be manipulated in this way. She stopped herself. Thinking like that was nothing more than coming up with excuses for breaking the diet. Mma Ramotswe was made of sterner stuff than that, and so she persisted.” — 4 people liked it

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