The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series #13)
I love this series--I wish Mma Ramotswe was a real person whom I have in my life to solve all my problems for me! And it was a great touch to have Clovis Anderson himself show up!
Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage
"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" meets "Long Day's Journey into Night" but mostly told through the eyes of a very young girl. Funny and moving. I'm a sucker for theatre stories, alcoholic father stories, and Irish stories, and this book has all three. It's perhaps somewhat limited by the child's eye view that it's mostly written in, but it's mostly a very enjoyable read.
