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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon | Alexander McCall Smith
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Modern ideas get tangled up with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved, best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmers estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmers nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice. The opening of her new salon has been shadowed by misfortune. Not only has she received a bad omen in the mail, but rumors are swirling that the salon is using dangerous products that burn peoples skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business? Meanwhile, at the office, Mma Ramotswe has noticed something different about Grace Makutsi lately. Though Mma Makutsi has mentioned nothing, it has become clear that she is pregnant . . . But in Botswanaa land where family has always been held above all elsethis may be cause for controversy as well as celebration. With genuine warmth, sympathy, and wit, Alexander McCall Smith explores some tough questions about married life, parenthood, grief, and the importance of the traditions that shape and guide our lives. This is the fourteenth installment in the series. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
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This series is still as heartwarming as ever. Fun to watch Mma Makutsi settle into her new role and see how Mma Ramotswe solves cases with Mma Makutsi on maternity leave. The two continue to make a great team and their friendship evolves yet again. 😊

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Soubhiville
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Theses books are available for trade via @monalyisha ‘s #booktrade idea. (US only due to shipping costs.)

See her original post. If you see any you‘re interested In let me know after posting your trade stack and I‘ll look at what you have available.

The one with tiny writing is A Thousand Miles From Nowhere, and the former library book that‘s partially covered is A Memory of Violets.

monalyisha Oh! I don‘t know if you like anything else in my stack but I‘ve been meaning to read The Summer That Melted Everything *forever.* (I could dig through some more of my books, probably, too, if that appeals more.) 4y
Soubhiville @monalyisha I‘ll send it along too then. You don‘t have to post more, I‘m happy to pass it along! 4y
monalyisha @Soubhiville Well, that‘s lovely! Thanks! I might try to post more anyway (after I drag my 🍑 to go grocery shopping). I‘ll tag you if I do! 4y
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Soubhiville
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I‘ve been slowly rereading my way back through this series over the last couple of years, loving it just as much as the first time!

This one is an ode to female friendship. It made me want to call my best friends and tell them how much they mean to me.

Of course there are a couple mysteries to solve, and all the interactions with all of our favorite characters.

This series always warms my heart. 💛

Tamra Always 💜💜 4y
Tamra You know when I‘m in a second hand shop I can never remember which volumes I don‘t have on my shelves. I need to make a note on my phone! 4y
Soubhiville @Tamra I do that for old Nancy Drew books 😊. 4y
Tamra @Soubhiville speaking of Nancy Drew, I never read them as a child! (I read Trixie Beldon.) But I just ordered a reissue set of books 1-4 through Scholastic Books for my daughter. I‘m would like to read at least the first one aloud together. I‘m also hoping they are fast paced enough to keep her attention. 🤞🏾 (edited) 4y
Soubhiville @Tamra Nancy was my first chapter book, and I was quickly hooked! 4y
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“As night embraced Botswana, the red glow in the sky faded, yet still seemed to be there, somehow, well after it had gone.”

Home resting with my furry boy, after trips to the vet to get his back pain controlled... somehow this quiet series helps me feel a bit better ❤️

Soubhiville I love this series! Hope your pup feels better! 6y
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Goooood

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Andrew65
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Loved this quote!

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Tamra
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If I could live briefly in any work of fiction it would be with these charming & delightful characters. Smith‘s love of Africa and Botswana is apparent. He asks all of life‘s questions and studies human nature without being too sappy, serious, or heavy handed, in fact there is a lot of wit & humor. This installment sure had the feel of the end or impending end of the series. 😭😭 That‘s ok, because I can reread them many a time. ❤️

minkyb Love the review! 7y
Andrew65 I love Mma Ramotswe and my visits to Botswana. 7y
Tamra @Andrew65 👍🏾 7y
Tamra @minkyb thanks, this is my comfort series so I can‘t say enough good stuff. 7y
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Tamra
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These books always make me giggle. Here is a woman who is trying to figure out who might be an enemy, can‘t think, can‘t think, can‘t think of anyone really, then: this. 😆

[DELETED] 3803335244 Yep, I think stealing her husband is a good reason to dislike her! Lol 😂 7y
Tamra @ForeverNerdy it makes me laugh. His characters are utterly charming. 7y
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Tamra
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My bookmarks get scattered all over! Here is my current and hope not to misplace. #bookmarks

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