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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, 2004.
Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune.
Unfortunately, her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van and a bicycle, and by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant, Mma Makutsi, and one of the apprentices at the garage. This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz. How can he be rescued from his folly?
As for Mma Makutsi, she has found a dancing class, and a man who may not be able to dance very well, but who admires her greatly. And all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea, and of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky.
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- 05-06-15
Pleasantly Surprised by Version but very Enjoyable
I'm currently listening and reading the full series. I downloaded this from Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised with the incidental music and how it added to the story. Would prefer that the audio chapters matched the book which would make it easier to locate your position. Story as always very engrossing
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- mel
- 15-04-21
amazing book and narrator
loved this book in the series and narrator is amazing as always ! would definitely recommend.
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- nadia
- 18-02-23
Brilliant performance as usual!
Adjoa Andoh couldn’t be more perfect to narrate this beloved series! Having grown up in Zimbabwe and hearing the accent and speech Rhythm of Southern Africa makes all the difference! Also her ability to voice all the characters with such nuances and clarity is impressive! She is just the best!
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-07-24
Beautiful narration of a good plot
The plot of this book is probably the best so far in the series. There are many parallel threads to take Ramotswe's attention, as well as from her husband. The plot ties neatly and it was very relaxing and pleasing to listen, great narration.
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- Robert Stone
- 20-07-20
chapter length too long
Great book, good story but chapters should be much shorter, broken by each musical interlude
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Another gentle sojourn with Mma Ramotswe et al
I LOVE these books, more so the exquisite narration. However, the random incidental music is infuriating!! Why on earth do with need little instrumental breaks every few minutes? It detracts from the flow of the story and is jarring particularly when listening at night. It is completely unnecessary and distracting.
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