A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)

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It opens with Precious Ramotswe considering aspects of her colleague Grace Makutsi’s behaviour that seem to signal ambition. It's up to Mma Ramotswe to find out what is happening and devise a solution, as, of course, she will. Meanwhile, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi happen to meet Mma Makutsi's old friend Patience, who came to Gaborone from Bobonong. As usual, common sense driven Mma Ramotswe gets to the bottom of it, while also assisting a friend of Grace’s to solve a problem in her personal life.

I know when I pick up a book in this series I will be in for hours of humour and wisdom and have a gentle mystery or two to puzzle out. Patience is visibly troubled, and the detectives learn that Patience recently escaped from a horrible abusive man in her home town. To summarize, A Song of Comfortable Chairs is the kind of book you want to sit with on cold noon and warm your heart. Grace can grate on the nerves with her attempts to appear to be in charge, but Precious has more patience than I ever would with the whole Grace situation!

That idea means that Orphan Farm matron, Mma Potokwani gets to star in an ad campaign and the photo shoot attracts not only staff of the Detective Agency and the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but also a large support crew from the Orphan Farm. Mma Ramotswe continued to the side of the garage, where a white-painted door constituted the entrance to the agency office. I love this author's Isabel Dalhousie series and I was looking forward to discovering another wonderful series by him.

The two ladies put their heads together and come up with clever and successful solutions to both issues. The remainder of the novel is mostly about Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi going about their business; Mma Ramotswe's inner musings; and the characters drinking tea and having rambling conversations. Of course, Grace cannot accept or credit Charlie's unorthodox methods of solving the case, now concluded with a happy ending. After a hard life with plenty of bad luck, Mma Potokwani’s newest employee, Patience finally has a chance at happiness in Gabarone with a Water Affairs man from Malawi, but her teenaged son’s jealousy and poor behaviour poses a threat to that. Year after year, fans of the easy reading and “uplit” series eagerly anticipate catching up with the characters and enjoy spending a few lovely hours in Botswana.Mma Ramotswe comes up with ideas that might solve both issues and provide a happy solution for all of them. sees publication of three new novels which fall into this area: 'The Forever Girl'; 'Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party'; and 'Emma' – a reworking of the classic Jane Austen novel. Anytime you need a laugh or a lift, I can highly recommend this series, paired with Lisette Lecat's impeccable audio narration.

If you have a very traditionally built patient, for instance, and the nurses have to lift the patient out of the bed, then they may ask a male nurse to do that, because they are stronger and can lift heavier weights. Whether you're looking for some textbooks for university, the latest biography or a travel guide - you'll find what you need in our categories. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Faced with more than her fair share of domestic problems, Mma Makutsi deals with it all with her usual grace.It is a pleasure to step out of the rat race and spend some time with old friends, intriguing mysteries and a journey to a satisfying conclusion. There were so many ways in which people might reveal their thoughts and emotions — gestures of the hands, smiles, shrugs. Mma Ramotswe, though, would say, “No, do not think that bad things – like cruelty and lack of mercy – will triumph over things that are good – like kindness and decency.