... nine Ladies ' Detective Agency books to date, of which "Blue Shoes and Happiness" is the seventh, not to mention the Sunday Philosophy Club series (four to date), the 44 Scotland Street series and a series featuring Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Clearly a busy man.
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Ramotswe series Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency of Botswana ...
Advantages: An irresistible instalment in one of the finest series around. Disadvantages: Not everybody's cup of bush tea.
...(and indeed a pair of blue shoes) all will eventually be resolved... oh, and Mma Ramotswe comes to an unexpected, not to say unprecedented, decision which may shock many! Meanwhile, there are ruminations on the nature of happiness and the places it can be found...
Paperback edition published by Abacus, cover price £7.99, available new from Amazon for £4.84. 256pp. ...
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Do Shoes Equal Happiness? Review ofBlue Shoes and Happiness - Alexander McCall Smithby
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Advantages: Charming, amusing, unique Disadvantages: You'll either love it or hate it
...surprise or move its reader. Blue Shoes and Happiness shocked me: Mma Ramotswe mentions a certain four-letter word that anybody who has read any of the previous novels in the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series will have a hard time imagining her even thinking. I don’t want to ruin the surprise for you, but here’s a clue – it begins with the letter ‘D’.
As usual, Alexander McCall Smith combines intriguing cases with valuable moral lessons and a ... ...a gorgeous pair of new blue shoes to help her through it, thus showing that there are women as far afield as Botswana who share my obsession with shoes. Will she manage to reconcile with Phuti Radiphuti without compromising her feminist values?
Like the other novels in the series, Blue Shoes and Happiness is a thoroughly enjoyable lighthearted read that’s a cut above most of the usual ‘chick lit’ that women are supposed to like. McCall Smith interweaves ...
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