Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods – Stewards' Online Book Sale
Auction Ends: Mar 20, 2021 12:00 PM PDT

fiction - general

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

Item Number
642
Estimated Value
5 USD
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5 USD
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Item Description

Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more baffling—a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past.

"Enchanting. . . . In the Company of Cheerful Ladies may be the most compelling of the lot." —Daily News

"A literary confection of . . . gossamer deliciousness. . . . There is no end to the pleasure that may be extracted from [this book]."
—The New York Times Book Review

"Put on the teakettle, find your place in the sun and settle in for a genteel journey. . . . McCall Smith has brewed up a gem of a story as rich as . . . red bush tea."
—Rocky Mountain News

"Beguiling, lyrical. . . . Cheerful Ladies is blessed with . . . McCall Smith's richly detailed portraits of life in Africa and his flair for storytelling with an engaging cast of fully realized characters." —Los Angeles Times

Used - Like new

Published 2006. 233 pages. 8 x 5-1/4 x 3/4"  Paperback

Item Special Note

Sales tax applies.

For the cheapest and quickest access to your books, plan to pick them up in Guerneville or Sebastopol shortly after the sale.  (Times and location will be sent to book buyers.)

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If arrangements for pick-up or delivery are not set up, books will be mailed to the address provided, and shipping costs will be charged.  If no address has been provided, the sale will be void in 30 days, the winner may treat their purchase as a tax-deductible donation to Stewards, and the book will be resold at a future event.

Donated By:

Mary & Christopher Szecsey