| It’s hard not to keep on bumping into this famous book, but I never got a chance to read it until now. A friend gave it to me as I passed through Silicon Valley, and it was just the light-hearted reading I needed.
This is the story of Precious Ramotswe, a thirty-something lady who opens up the first women-owned personal detective agency in Botswana. She doesn’t have any qualifications, she doesn’t know what she’s doing, but she studies the manual from London carefully and uses her intiutition and common sense, which is plentiful. |
Equipped with a typewriter and a lady secretary, she embarks on a series of adventures that reflect Botswana culture, preoccupations and history. Wrapped around all of this is a quest to find and rescue a young boy who’s been kidnapped by a witch doctor, astute observations on the nature of life and, especially, men, and a sweet, low-key romance that’s a refreshing antidote to the western world’s bodice rippers.
There are some wonderful pearls of wisdom in this story, and it’s a truly gentle and pleasant read. I will be seeking out the sequels when I can. :)




April 7th, 2009
Linda R. Moore 


