Books
by Alexandra Fuller
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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness |
The second of what Fuller's mother calls her "Awful Books" about her family in Africa, this one is specifically about her mother, self-styled "Nicola Fuller of Central Africa". Settling in Africa after the war, the Fullers moved from country to country according to political changes. Told by Alexandra, the story is both funny and sad, full of quirky insights and examples of courage and fortitude, but how does her mother feel about this invasion of her private life?
*Ed's Note: The first "Awful book" was Let's Not Go to the Dogs Tonight
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 64 Spring 2012) |
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight - An African Childhood |
A moving evocation of a white farming family's life during the civil war in Rhodesia followed by fresh starts in Zambia and Malawi. Life was difficult, money short, not all the children survived and the feisty mother became at times something of a desperate drunk. It's honest, funny and sad but never mawkish as are so many childhood memoirs. Through it all shines the author's zest for life, her love of Africa and her family.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 18 April 2003) |
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