Winter Sun

The winter sun. 

It warms you like the smile of an old friend.

So do the characters in this book.

It's like coming home! a feeling of comfort. 

It again talks of human nature and the acceptance of people and their roles in our life.

No man is bad, there is goodness in everyone.

The Botswanian's see hardship in their lives because of poverty, extreme weather conditions and lack of opportunities.

A country of empty spaces and echoing skies.

Yet they are a content soul, taking pleasure in everything nature has to offer them.

Not so much about the cases she takes on, but more about her humane approach to the people involved. 

What's not to love about the writing, the life they live and the simple approach to life!!

“Everybody in a village had a role to play in bringing up a child—and cherishing it—and in return that child would in due course feel responsible for everybody in that village. That is what makes life in society possible. We must love one another and help one another in our daily lives. That was the traditional African way and there was no substitute for it. None.” 

“It was always disconcerting to meet those who had become so obsessed with a single topic that they could not see their concerns in context.” 

“Why, she asked herself, why keep a wound open when forgiveness can close it?” 

“She had never been able to tolerate dishonesty, which she thought threatened the very heart of relationships between people. If you could not count on other people to mean what they said, or to do what they said they would do, then life could become utterly unpredictable. The fact that we could trust one another made it possible to undertake the simple tasks of life.” 

Alexander McCall Smith, The Full Cupboard of Life