When Peggy Bartels' uncle died, she found herself king of a town of 7,000 on Ghana's coast. Born in Ghana and now an American citizen, this secretary found the town without a doctor, a high school, or running water. She set about to changeall that. "An astonishing and wonderful book about a real-life Mma Ramotswe. It is an utter joy."—Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency