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 enlarge | Author: Alexandra Fuller
Publisher: Picador
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 21214
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0330490192
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780330490191
ASIN: 0330490192
Publication Date: January 3, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Cover is a bit worn
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 Disappointing October 5, 2006
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is an honest, warts-and-all memoir of growing up in Africa in difficult circumstances. The style of writing is original and evokes well the sights, sounds and smells of Africa. But I found it hugely depressing, and after three attempt to get through it I had to abandon it. I suspect that you need to have lived in Africa to appreciate it fully, or maybe you just need to be in the right frame of mind to read it, but it was not for me.
 Read this book! July 5, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wonderful!
I was given a really tatty copy left over from a sale (sorry Amazon!)and told to read it. I spent the next two days doing just that.
Well written, some really lovely prose plus an excellent story. Incredible to think this all happened.
Simply Stunning January 13, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really really enjoyed this book and could not put it down. It provides an honest account of what southern africa was like 20-30 years ago through the eyes of a white girl. I highly recommend this read.
 An uncomfortable read January 13, 2005
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a very personal account of a girl growing up in Africa.
Feels a lot like reading someone's diary, with the family's losses, grief, and subsequent functional breakdown exposed for all to see.
It's written truthfully, maybe too much so.
I was very absorbed by this book, but I'm not sure I can say I actually enjoyed it.
Stunning book. November 27, 2004
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book evokes the smell of Africa. Straddling pre and postcolonial Africa it evokes a deep sadness at the loss of innocence of both an individual and a country. It should be compulsory reading for all those who want to pontificate about Africa without having ever been there.Perhaps the most striking part of the book is that it portrays the innocence and struggle on all sides of the war. The fight to survive and gain identity, irrespective of colour. Now Alexandra like all ex Rhodesians / Zimbabweans have not just lost their homes but are seeing their country and it's people systematically destroyed in the corrupt drive for power and wealth. What turns sadness to tragedy is that this state of affairs was so predictable.
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