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Book arrived very quickly and was as described by the sellar, a very simple straight forward deal.
The most enjoyable autobiographies are those written in a decent style by non-celebrities, and which illuminate realms of human experience strange to the reader. This is a very nice example. You will want to read it.
Three of her siblings died in childhood-only she and her sister Vanessa survived. However this tells the story of her remarkable, hard-scrabble childhood in Africa.
The book is: DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller. This morning I finished reading what is now one of my favorite books of all time.
Fuller now lives outside of Jackson, Wyoming, one of my favorite places on earth. When I picked it up and read the back cover it dawned on me that I'd first heard of this book a few years ago when it was reviewed in Oprah's O magazine.
At the time it resonated with me because Ms. The back copy reads in part:"From 1972 to 1990, Alexandra Fuller grew up on several farms in the remotest regions of Africa.
While their father was away for long stretches fighting on the side of the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, their mother managed the farming work with a fierceness and passion fueled by a love of life, and an almost illogical love for Africa.A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller writes with brilliance, humor, and overwhelming affection for her African childhood."
Probably one of the best books I've ever read. Beautiful, thought provoking, heartbreaking. Alexandra Fuller made me weep. Read it, you won't be sorry.
Exquisitely vivid memoir of the author's childhood in the midst of a dysfunctional British family in Africa (Rhodesia, Malawi and Zambia), but the darkness is redeemed by the beautiful writing, the honest humor, and her love for her family and her adopted country. It is a glimpse of a world and a time (1970s and 1980s) that we Americans would otherwise not have, and I was so glad to have read the book.
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