"In that case I would say to myself: It is an odd thing that Mma Ramotswe has done, but if that is what makes her happy, then I am happy too."
She looked at him fondly; that he had been sent to her, when there were so many other, lesser men who might have been sent, was a source of constant gratitude. That we have the people we have in this life, rather than others, is miraculous, she thought; a miraculous gift.
He had cried with shame and relief when he got it. He suspected afterwards that part of it, the part she did not talk about, was that she still bore the humiliation of that hotel room, no matter how hard he tried to convince her of his reason for not making love to her. For all that he said, he suspected she was still not convinced that she was more than just another of his married women.
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The second sounds so very sad.
ReplyDeleteMy teaser this week is from ‘A Marriage of the Heart’ by Kelly Long one of three novellas included in 'An Amish Love' anthology.
Wow! First of all, Alexander McCall Smith is certainly prolific, isn't he? I still haven't read the first one in this series (which I have on my stacks).
ReplyDeleteLove the second one, too. Thanks for sharing.
Here's MY TT POST
wow these books sound fantastic. I may have to read them as well. You should do a review of this book when you're done. :)
ReplyDeleteHere's my teaser:
http://readbookshavefun.blogspot.com/2011/04/teaser-tuesday_19.html
I particularly like the second one. It hints at a lot, but doesn't clarify much. Just what a teaser is meant to do. Here's mine: http://readhanded.blogspot.com/2011/04/teaser-tuesdays_19.html
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks for both of these! My mom has adored Alexander McCall Smith's books but I haven't gotten around to them, yet.
ReplyDeletelove the teasers, and especially the cover on the second book. Letters always make an interesting teaser. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI love Alexander McCall Smith!
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Those are both lovely! I need to get mine up :-/
ReplyDeletei love the cover of 'the last letter from your lover'--and i love letters in general, so this, added with your teaser makes it enticing for me. let me know if you review and how you like it! as for alexander mccall smith, i still haven't managed to read any of the detective novels. i'm so behind on this series--i see it everywhere!
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