Name: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Year: 2013
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Mystery
Culture: Africa

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ISBNs:
9780307473004
0307473007
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 farmer's estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmer's 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 people's 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 Botswana - a land where family has always been held above all else - this 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.
 
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"Precious and Grace"
First published in 2016
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"The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine"
First published in 2015
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"The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe"
First published in 2014
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"The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party"
First published in 2011
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"The Double Comfort Safari Club"
First published in 2010
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"Tea Time for the Traditionally Built"
First published in 2009
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"The Miracle at Speedy Motors"
First published in 2008
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"The Good Husband of Zebra Drive"
First published in 2007
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"Blue Shoes and Happiness"
First published in 2006
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"In the Company of Cheerful Ladies"
First published in 2004
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"The Full Cupboard of Life"
First published in 2003
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"The Kalahari Typing School for Men"
First published in 2002
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"Morality for Beautiful Girls"
First published in 2001
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"Tears of the Giraffe"
First published in 2000
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"The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series"
First published in 1998
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"The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection"
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"The Cleverness of Ladies"
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"The House of Unexpected Sisters"
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"The Colors of All the Cattle"
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