Books

Tea Time For The Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith

R190 or purchase online at kalahari.net

It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree: there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice versa. In her attempt to foster understanding between the sexes and find the traitor on Mr Football's team, Mma Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observational powers of small boys. And, as wise and warm-hearted as his heroine, Alexander McCall Smith reminds us that we must dig deep to uncover the goodness of the human heart.

One Fifth Avenue - Candace Bushnell

R130 or purchase online at kalahari.net

One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over Manhattan's hippest neighbourhood, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into- one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's stellar new novel, One Fifth Avenue is at the heart of the lives they've carefully established, or hope to establish.

Tell Me Something - Adele Parks

R130 or purchase online at kalahari.net for R104

Elizabeth has wanted two things her entire life to keep her happy and fulfilled - an Italian husband and lots of rosy-cheeked bambini. The first is ticked off now she's bagged dark and sexy Roberto, the second is proving harder to achieve. Is Elizabeth's desire for a baby enough to hold her marriage together or is it ripping it apart?

Larger Than Life - Adele Parks

R130 or purchase online at kalahari.net for R104

Georgina has loved Hugh Carter, and only him, since she was eighteen. She is now 32 and Hugh has finally moved in with her. All goes well until one little miscalculation leaves her pregnant. After 14 years of seeing the world through a Hugh-tinted filter can George start to make up her mind?