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Precious ramotswe, intrepid owner of botswanas detective agency for ladies, has her plate full. Among her cases this time are errant wives, unscrupulous maids, and the challenge to resolve a mothers anguish for her son who is longlost on the african plains. Winner of the cwa dagger in the library award, 2004. Enjoy this book on your ereader and in the format you prefer. In alexander mccall smiths second book in the series of the exploits of mma.
Tears of the giraffe by alexander mccall smith editor. Beautifully written, compelling characters, charming story lines. I love the simplicity and the way you get to know characters. He has successfully written more than 50 books out of which some of the alexander mccall smith best. He holds a united kingdom citizenship and is a british national. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Alexander mccall smith also known as sandy was born in 24th august in 1948. Alexander mccall smith is the author of the international phenomenon the no. Otherwise, this beautiful novel will seem like a four star effort as you fail to appreciate and integrate the background of precious ramotswe into your thinking as it was described in the earlier book. It eschews the anecdotal narrative padding and dropped story lines unfortunately found in subsequent volumes, for good old fashioned story telling. What qualities make it such a charming and affirmative book. Tears of the giraffe, mccall smith s second book, takes us further into this world as we follow mma ramotswe into more daring situations. Paperback published in 2003, paperback published in 2002, kindle edition, kindle edition published in 2008, 14.
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