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I think I started off this title thinking of saying 'the woman who walked somewhere' and I didn't have a particular destination for her. Sheryl MacKay: Why is this book called The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine?Īlexander McCall Smith:Titles often have a rather interesting past in that they go through various forms and they can change quite dramatically. and Canada to promote his latest book in the series. 7, in between McCall Smith's tour of the U.S. He sat down with North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay and some listeners at Barbaro-Jo's Books to Cooks in Vancouver on Nov.

McCall Smith himself grew up in southern Africa - he was born in what was then the British Colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and later moved to Scotland to study law.

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He is arguably best known for his best-selling series The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, which follows the adventures of Mma Precious Ramotswe, who has founded an agency in Gabarone, the capital of Botswana. The Scottish author and retired professor of medical law has written everything from academic texts and children's books to short stories composed entirely on Twitter. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past.Alexander McCall Smith is a very prolific writer. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet.

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Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive-and perhaps even more baffling-a pumpkin on her porch. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself faced with new challenges-and intriguing surprises. In this latest, widely praised addition to the beloved No. There is no end to the pleasure that may be extracted from. Mma Ramotswe has prepared the bush tea and is waiting for us to join her. In the background of all this is Botswana, a country of empty spaces and echoing skies, a country so beautiful and entrancing that it breaks your heart. Her entrepreneurial venture, the Kalahari Typing School for Men, is thriving and with this new income she has rented two rooms in a house. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi-plucky assistant detective and deputy manager of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors garage-is moving. Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind, including a case in which a wealthy woman wonders whether her suitors are interested in her or just her money. For indeed he has other things on his mind-particularly a frightening request (involving a parachute jump) made by Mma Potokwani, the persuasive matron of the orphan farm. Mma Ramotswe wonders when a wedding date will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting pressure on her fiancé. Matekoni are still engaged, but with no immediate plans to get married.

'Utterly enchanting.' - Chicago Sun-Times 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.Īlso available in a Mass Market Edition The No. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to 'help people with problems in their lives.' Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 'The Miss Marple of Botswana.' - The New York Times Book Review 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Anchorįiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 3-Book Box Set The Kalahari Typing School for Men The Full Cupboard of Life In the Company of Cheerful Ladies Blue Shoes and Happiness The Good Husband of Zebra Drive 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Tears of the Giraffe Morality for Beautiful Girls The No.

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