John dan Nicky belum pernah makan spageti. Bahkan seiris kue cokelat atau semangkuk es krim hanyalah impian. Mereka tinggal bersama Bibi Rebecca yang selalu menyajikan makanan sehat yang rasanya hambar. Hingga suatu hari, mereka memasuki restoran yang harum masakannya tercium hingga ke jalan. Mereka menyantap spageti yang kelezatannya tidak terlupakan. Pengalaman itu membuat mereka mengikuti s…
Some summers are just destined to be pretty. When each summer begins, Belly leaves her school life behind and escapes to Cousins Beach, the place she has spent every summer of her life. Not only does the beach house mean home away from home, but her favorite people are there: Susannah, her mother's best friend, and her sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has been chasing Conrad for as long as s…
The phenomenal acclaim for Alexander McCall Smith's Botswana-set detective series featuring the 'comfortably built' Precious Ramotswe took the publishing world by storm, notably because the gentle, unforced humour of the books was such a contrast with the far grittier fare on offer from most publishers and crime authors. Of course, it's probably true that readers were ready for something a touc…