Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness

238 pages

English language

Published April 26, 2011 by Penguin Press.

ISBN:
978-1-61793-771-2
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OCLC Number:
918301350

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In this sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, the author returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In this book she braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war torn Africa of her own childhood. At its heart, this is the story of Fuller's mother, Nicola. Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye and raised in Kenya, Nicola holds dear the kinds of values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals. The author interviewed her mother at length and has captured her inimitable voice with remarkable precision. We see Nicola and Tim Fuller in their lavender colored honeymoon period, when east Africa …

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Subjects

  • Family
  • Childhood and youth
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Biography
  • Women
  • British
  • Social life and customs
  • History
  • Zimbabwe
  • Mother-daughter relationship
  • Families
  • Manners and customs

Places

  • Zimbabwe