The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall SmithMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
From Goodreads.com: In the latest installment Mma Ramotswe discovers the biggest miracles in life are often the smallest.Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The problem is the woman doesn't know her real name or whether any of her family members are still alive. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is the recipient of a beautiful new bed that causes more than a few sleepless nights. And, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has come under the influence of a doctor promising a miracle cure for his daughter's medical condition, which Mma Ramotswe finds hard to accept. Nonetheless, Precious Ramotswe handles these things in her usual compassionate and good-natured way, while always finding time for a cup of red bush tea.
In this 9th installment of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency, we have Mma Ramotswe contemplating life and happiness more so than engaging in her usual sleuthing. For Mma Makutsi, happiness is a new bed. For Mr JLB Matekoni happiness is seeing if their foster daughter might walk again. For Charlie, a good looking woman. For Precious, it is the logical order of the world, a place of green vegetation and fat cattle in a Botswana that doesn't have to lock their doors. The reality is people who lie, doors that are locked, and broken hopes.
I enjoy this series for the simplicity and the setting. I love reading about life in Africa, the little nuances and mannerisms like calling ko! ko! before coming into someones yard, of a "proper" handshake and catching termites after a rainfall. I didn't feel this book was as strongly written as previous editions, again, more thinking and tea drinking, less detective work, it made for a pleasant afternoon on a sunny porch.
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