Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #17)

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In this latest installment of the beloved and best selling No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi help a young woman on a quest to find someone from her past.Changes are afoot at the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, where Mma Makutsi, who has recently been promoted to co director, has been encouraging Mma Ramotswe to update to modern office practices However, an unusual case will require both of them to turn their attention firmly to the past A young Canadian woman who spent her early childhood in Botswana requests the agency s help in recovering important pieces of her life there With only a faded photograph and, of course, some good old fashioned detective skills to guide them, Precious and Grace set out to locate the house that the woman used to live in and the caretaker who looked after her many years ago But when the journey takes an unexpected turn, they are forced to consider whether some lost things may be better off unfound.Busy as she is with this challenging investigation, Mma Ramotswe can always be relied on to come to the aid of her friends who seem to have a special knack for landing in hot water Mr Polopetsi, an occasional assistant at the agency, has made an ill advised business decision that may lead to serious trouble And next door at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Fanwell, the junior mechanic, has become helplessly attached to a stray dog who proves to be a bigger responsibility than he can handle With Mma Makutsi by her side, Mma Ramotswe dispenses help and sympathy with the graciousness and warmth for which she is so well known, and everyone is led to surprising insights into the healing power of compassion, forgiveness, and new beginnings. Free Read Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #17) [ Author ] Alexander McCall Smith [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I love spending my reading time with Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi, both of them delightful, intelligent women who are very faithful to their much loved home of Botswana.In this, the 17th episode of the series, our two redoubtable main characters come as close as they ever have to a major falling out They deal with several cases involving pyramid selling, drug smuggling, lost dogs and a lost past and of course everything works out in the end although not always to their total satisfactio I love spending my reading time with Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi, both of them delightful, intelligent women who are very faithful to their much loved home of Botswana.In this, the 17th episode of the series, our two redoubtable main characters come as close as they ever have to a major falling out They deal with several cases involving pyramid selling, drug smuggling, lost dogs and a lost past and of co...I was so disappointed when I finished this book It wasn t disappointment in the book but the fact that it was over I miss the characters already I think I would rather spend time with Precious than anyone else She is truly happy in her life and feels blessed every day I would just love it if she dropped ...A Review by Violet Sephotho, Nominee for Botswana s Woman of the Year This is Rra Alexander s 17th book about me even though I look younger than I did all those years ago at the Botswana Secretarial College, where I made my first big splash in the business world I make an appearance in the very first chapter of Precious and Grace because, let s face it, there s nothing very precious or graceful about those two Boring, big time It s Violet Sephotho people want to read about You see, I have be A Review by Violet Sephotho, Nominee for Botswana s Woman of the Year This is Rra Alexander s 17th book about me even though I look younger than I did all those years ago at the Botswana Secretarial College, where I made my first big splash in the business world I make an appearance in the very first chapter of Precious and Grace because, let s face it, there s nothing very precious or graceful about those two Boring, big time It s...While the pace of this novel is languorous, its theme of forgiveness is one of the most deeply moving in the series And any book with a stray dog is a sure winner Precious and Grace is no exception to the meme As always, Smith handles characterizations with beguiling economy a lifted eyebrow here, an almost suppressed thought there, yet the reader turns the page and much has happened In particular, note how Precious understands, accommodates, and reacts to the Grace s occasional roughness.A While the pace of this novel is languorous, its theme of forgiveness is one of the most deeply moving in the series And any book with a stray dog is a sure winner Precious and Grace is no exception to the meme As always, Smith handles characterizations with beguil...This is the 17th installment in the long running series about Precious Ramotswe and her No 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana Whenever I start one of these books, the sensation is reminiscent of easing myself into a warm and relaxing bath Life slows down and my mind turns to idly contemplating subjects as random as whether dogs have souls or the curative power of a cup of tea The main storyline in Precious and Grace concerns a Canadian woman who spent some of her childhood in Botswana and This is the 17th installment in the long running series about Precious Ramotswe and her No 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana Whenever I start one of these books, the sensation is reminiscent of easing myself into a warm and relaxing bath Life slows down and my mind turns to idly contemplating subjects as random as whether dogs have souls or the curative power of a cup of tea The main storyline in Precious and Grace concerns a Canadian woman who spent some of her childhood in Botswana and who comes to the agency hoping to make contact with people that she knew in her childhood Mma Ramotse and Mma Matkutsi have a difference of opinion as to whether the person that they find is the woman s former nursemaid or an imposter There are also secondary storylines about Mr Polopetsi becoming involved in a pyramid selling ...The 17th installment is much like the first sixteen, but this series still seems fresh to me Not much to the mystery, as always, but I read them for the ongoing stories of Mma Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi, their families and co workers, and the people of Botswana.The newest client of the The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency is Susan Peters, a Canadian woman who was born and raised in Botswana Susan is nostalgic for her early life in the beautiful African country and producing an old photo asks Mma Ramotswe to find her childhood home and former nanny, called Rosie Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi put a piece in the newspaper asking Rosie to come forward and of course several candidates quickly show up Mma Makutsi acerbic and skeptical as always The newest client of the The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency is Susan Peters, a Canadian woman who was born and raised in Botswana Susan is nostalgic for her early life in the beautiful African country and producing an old photo asks Mma Ramotswe to find her childhood home and form...4.5 stars These books are medicine, particularly for the sensitive, introspective soul If what you really want is for everyone to be kind and love one another, and you want to spend time in the company of characters who do just that, without being cardboard cutouts or predictable, read this series In this world, we need 1000xpeople like author Alexander McCall Smith, Mma Ramotswe, and all of these characters Very sad to have read all of the books currently published in this series, alt 4.5 stars These books are medicine, particularly for the sensitive, introspective soul If what you really want is for everyone to be kind and love one another, and you want to spend time in the company of characters who do just that, without being cardboard cutouts or predictable, read this series In this world, we need 1000xpeople like author Alexander McCall Smith, Mma Ramotswe, and all of these characters Very sad to have read all of the books currently published in this ...Precious and Grace is the seventeenth full length novel in the popular No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Scottish author, Alexander McCall Smith With Grace Makutsi s status in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency elevated and Precious Ramotswe no longer being her boss, as such, Mma Ramotswe finds her considerable skills of diplomacy and tact areoften required in their case discussions and client meetings This is indeed so when a client who has travelled from Canada presents with a somew Precious and Grace is the seventeenth full length novel in the popular No.1 ...A lost dog, Mr Polopetsi caught in a pyramid scheme, and a Canadian woman trying to recover a lost childhood but these are just the problems The real theme is forgiveness, kindness, and contentment.

Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #17)
  • 05 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 240 pages
  • 1101871350
  • Alexander McCall Smith
  • Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #17)