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| In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Creator: Lisette Lecat
Publisher: Recorded Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 167182
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 1419311743
UPC: 807897020520
EAN: 9781419311741
ASIN: 1419311743
Publication Date: April 2005
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Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of '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...
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 Warm, witty, and wise July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Mma Ramotswe is dismayed to see the erosion of the traditional values of Botswana as modern life becomes more and more about material possessions. She does her best to set a good example, but falls short from time to time. Now married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekone, Mma Ramotswe continues to run the detective agency while many issues in her personal life cause her worry. A strange man breaks into her house, someone leaves her a pumpkin, her van is stolen, and her mean ex-husband returns to Gabarone, bent on blackmail. Soon after Charlie the apprentice storms out of the garage, Mma Ramotswe literally runs right into a solution to the sudden labor shortage. While following Charlie, she almost hits a man with her tiny white van. Enter the marvelous Mr. Polopetsi.
While Mma Ramotswe struggles with her personal life, Mma Makutsi starts to live it up a little (and solves a big case along the way). Mma Makutsi indulges her love of shoes and takes a dance class where she just might find someone to love.
 Not much of a mystery May 14, 2008
After I read Alexander Mccall Smith's very funny Op-Ed piece "The Really Terrible Orchestra" in the NY Times, I decided to try one of his books. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) was a real bore. No actual story line and certainly no mystery. I will pass on the rest of his books. MER
Absolute delight! December 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The author does a fine job in giving the reader appropriate background so that she can follow the story even if she has not read the first 5 books in the series. I have read all the previous ones. I highly recommend all the books in the series. If you have been following this series, you may find parts of this one repetitive. I suppose with any series the author has to balance appealing to new and existing readers.
A lot happens in Cheerful Ladies, so you will not be bored with the plot. I found Cheerful Ladies to be one of the better ones in the series. Smith has the amazing gift of taking the reader to an exotic land and yet his stories are very familiar. His prose is extremely clear and simple and yet the content is thought provoking and deep. With clever subplots, Smith is able to bridge Western and African cultures.
Delight in Cheerful Ladies! August 14, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, the sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith continues to delight the reader, by allowing us to visit the enchanted world of Botswana through the eyes of the number one lady detective Precious Ramotswe. We peak into a foreign world which seems oddly familiar. It is a world we knew during days of Andy Griffith and Leave It to Beaver. This time however we see the world through African eyes.
Precious Ramotswe, is a Botswanan lady of traditional build and traditional values, even so she is modern enough to establish her own detective agency, something unheard of in Botswana. Precious is a shrewd woman with an innate sense of right and wrong . She holds to traditional Botswanan values, while solving any puzzle or predicament which her clients may present her.
She is not with out help and support. Precious is newly married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni who is a mechanic with strong values of service and care. Also in the cast of characters is Mma Makutsi, Precious' associate. Mma Makutsi is a more modern woman, but one who values hard work. Together they create a truly delightful mix of personalities.
When the personalities combine with the everyday details of Botswana, slices of each characters life and personal dilemmas and the puzzles which the clients present , the reader can delight in a true literary dish that is not to be missed.
A reader of In the Company of Cheerful Ladies cannot help but wish to travel to Botswana and meet Precious Ramotswe.
Mystery and Laugh Out Loud Funny August 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
O Boy! Want some mystery? Good clean humor? No violence? Precious Ramotswe, a traditionally-built woman without apology, and her pals are here for us. She and her assistant, Grace (who gets advice from her colorful designer shoes), are very entertaining and many times, laugh-out-loud funny. I read the entire Ladies' Detective series in a couple of weeks. The books average about 200+ pages each. Set in modern Botswana and written by Alexander Mccall Smith, the reader may be encouraged to visit Botswana and Her people.
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