If you would like an interesting read, full of sympathetic characters, with an underlying sense of living in another country (in this case Botswana), Alexander McCall Smith's series about the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is one you should look into.
I am enjoying the HBO series based on his books, which is what led me to this book, 10th in the book series, as I have not read any before this. It is also available for Kindle.
Precious Ramotswe and her endearing, but aggravating assistant, Grace Makutsi, once again are called upon to solve problems big and small, using their common sense and general acumen. And woven into the plot is Precious' fear for her new husband traveling a dark road at night, as well as her sorrow that her old van is kaput, and Grace's very reasonable upset that her fiance is being taken in by a floozy. Along the way, Precious offers help to a woman she meets while walking to work, only to find out she is living with a weekday husband and a weekend husband, neither of which she is married to, and now one man works for the other and has asked him to dinner.
It's rare to find a book that I want to read every word. Only because time was at a premium did I begin to skim.
I think it helps to know the way the actors have portrayed the characters, so in my mind's eye I can picture Grace with her desire to do everything perfectly and Precious whose life has included a wonderful daddy and an abusive first husband. The reader (or the viewer) only wants the best for each of them.
Have you read any of the series?
Do you watch it on HBO?
I will begin to read other books in the series.
How about reading it on audio?
I think I'd like to check that out too~
Karin
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