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Blue Shoes and Happiness (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 7)
by Alexander McCall Smith | Literature & Fiction
Registered by Sobergirl of Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Saturday, March 10, 2007
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Journal Entry 1 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Saturday, March 10, 2007

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Synopsis
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 might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem, if anything, to have multiplied, and no sooner has she settled her traditionally built person into the married state than she finds herself looking into several troublesome matters at once. There is, to begin with, a disturbing case of blackmail and theft from the Government catering college. Then, while on an errand for her husband to the Mokolodi Game Reserve Mma Ramotswe is seconded to investigate an unpleasant atmosphere that may be down to witchcraft, or something worse. There are sinister goings-on at a health clinic to be looked into, not to mention any number of small wrongs to be righted along the path to detective triumph. And all the time Mma Ramotswe has weighty questions of a philosophical nature to consider, such as whether it is right to find happiness in small things, such as a new pair of blue shoes, a slice of cake, or a red sunset over the Kalahari.  

Journal Entry 2 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Monday, August 13, 2007

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Reading 6 books about Mma. Ramotswe and her detective agnecy is enough for me, I just couldn't get all excited about this one anymore. There's absolutely nothing new in this book.
I will give it to Potok-fan asap! 

Journal Entry 3 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, August 15, 2007

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Taking with me to Kerttu today.
To be given to Potok-fan 

Journal Entry 4 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, August 15, 2007

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Thanks, Sobergirl, for remembering and bringing this to me. I like the cute picture on the front, hence my uploaded pic. Believe it or not, the blurb on the back connects to a forum post I just made about Bill Bryson!!

The blurb says, Mma Ramotswe has weighty questions of a philosophical nature to consider, such as whether it is right to find happiness in small things like a new pair of blue shoes, a slice of cake or a red sunset over the Kalahari. Well, I just posted to a discussion about Bryson's Notes from a Small Island:

"...he has a lovely bit somewhere about this: What living in England did for him was to teach him to enjoy the small pleasures. That he knew he'd made it when he began to feel joy just at being given a cup of tea at the right moment, or having a hot bath. And that that made him a happier person. I love that. And I want to be that sort of happy person myself!"

Me and Mma Romatswe both, I hope. 



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