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Loading... The Joy and Light Bus Company: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (22) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series) (original 2021; edition 2021)by Alexander McCall Smith (Author)
Work InformationThe Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith (2021)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I feel like the last few books in this series were very light on plot, and AMS was really filling up the pages with Mma Ramotswe's musings about the nature of humanity and the world. Which is fine, except that's sort of why I stopped reading the Isabel Dalhousie series -- I was pretty tired of that. I enjoy plot with my fiction, and there wasn't much of it going on in these books. But, I've got a lot invested in this series, and I have faith in AMS to bring it around, and I'm happy to say my patience was rewarded with this volume. Mma Ramotswe does do a fair amount of philosophizing, but it is in between (and because of) not one, not two, but three separate situations which she must address. First, her husband, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, has a bit of a mid-life crisis, attends a seminar, and gets a bee in his bonnet about making himself a more successful man. This is alarming to Precious, who thinks he is a very successful man, in every way, and his pursuit of greatness may just lead to ruin. Next, she is hired by a man who thinks his father was coerced into leaving his estate to the nurse who has cared for him for many years, and the son wants to stop it. This plotline involves a number of elements (death, memory loss) which are relevant to me personally at this point in my life, so I was quite taken by it. And then, off to the side, is Precious' determination to get involved in the story of a young person who finds herself at Mma Potokwani's orphan farm, after suffering exploitation and abuse at the hands of some rich people. This is how this series started -- Mma Ramotswe applying her fair and incisive mind to problems large and small, personal and societal. I'm glad to see it return to its roots a bit, and I hope it carries on like this, as long as AMS chooses to keep it going. The Joy and Light Bus Company - McCall-Smith Audio performance by Bianca Amato 3 stars Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni takes serious and possibly disastrous steps toward a new venture; an investment in a startup bus company. Mma Ramotswe anticipates a financial disaster. The agency investigates some possible elder abuse. Charlie is taking family leave following the birth of his son and Violet Sepoto is predictably vile in a cameo appearance. Life moves at its slow, pleasant pace in Gaborone. Bianca Amato isn’t as good as Lissette Lecat, but she was easy to follow. Her character voices stayed true to the original recordings. no reviews | add a review
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"The newest addition to the ever-popular, internationally beloved series finds Precious Ramotswe and her friends up to their necks in mysterious trouble. Mma Ramotswe knows she is very lucky indeed. She has a loving family, good friends, and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But the latest mystery she is called upon to solve is distinctly trickier than it initially appears, and, of course, there's plenty to handle in her personal life between Charlie and his new bride and Mma Makutsi and her talking shoes. In the end, Mma Ramotswe's patience and common sense will win out, and, without a doubt, all will be the better for it"-- No library descriptions found. |
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Against the odds, this series based in Gaborone, Botswana speaks authentically with the voice and tone of an experienced African middle-aged woman, even though it is written by a white man who lives in Scotland. Don’t question it, just read and enjoy it.
I highly recommend! ( )