Richard D. (niell) reviewed on 12/7/2009 + 5 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I found this book fascinating, in part because it is so well written, and in part because Alexandra Fuller's childhood was so unlike my own. Raised in a dysfunctional family during a time of profound transition in the life of Africa, she provided glimpses of life that I had neither encountered nor imagined. As her parents made decisions for the life of their family, I kept think, "Oh, no!" -- but somehow they kept putting one foot in front of the other. It wasn't an easy book for me to read, but it was also hard to put it down.

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