The full cupboard of life av Alexander McCall Smith

"Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on her fiance. For indeed he has other things on his mind - notably a frightening request made of him by Mma Potokwani, pushy matron of the Orphan Farm. Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady - whose fortune comes from successful hair-braiding salons - and has been asked to check up on several suitors. Are these men just interested in her money? This may be difficult to find out, but Mma Ramotswe is, of course, a very intuitive lady "

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Denne femte boken i serien om den kvinnelige privatetterforskeren Mma Ramotswe handler om det faktum at forloveden Mr. J. L. B. Matkoni ennå ikke har satt noen dato for giftemålet (og Mma Ramotswe vil jo ikke mase, men hun har inntrykk av at flere begynner å lure litt på om det i det hele tatt blir noe giftemål), og om at hun får i oppdrag å sjekke ut fire menn for en rik kvinne som er redd for at beilerne bare er ute etter pengene hennes, og om Mma Potokwani som vil samle inn penger til barnehjemmet hun driver.

Nok en gang har forfatteren skapt en varm og humoristisk historie som man ikke kan la være å smile av innimellom. Mma Ramotswe er en flott karakter og hennes tanker og følelser for sitt hjemland Botswana får leseren (ihvertfall i mitt tilfelle) både til å ville besøke landet, men også sette pris på sitt eget, og se det fine i hverdagen.

For oss bokelskere:

Although she was not a great reader, Mma Potokwani was a firm believer in the power of the book. The more books Botswana had, in her view, the better. It would be on books that the future would be based; books and the people who knew how to use them.

s. 14

Og teelskere:

Tea, of course, made the problem seem smaller, as it always does, and by the time they reached the bottom of their cups, and Mma Makutsi had reached for the slightly chipped teapot to pour a refill, it had become clear what they would have to do.

s. 98

Terningkast 4

Utgitt: 2004
Forlag: Abacus
Sider: 240
ISBN: 9780349117256


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