Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness |
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| Author:
| Fuller, Alexandra |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59413-545-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Imprint: | Large Print Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times bestseller, A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, An Amazon.com Best Book of the Year -- From the author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood. Alexandra Fuller 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. A story of survival and madness, love and war, loyalty...
More DescriptionA New York Times bestseller, A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, An Amazon.com Best Book of the Year -- From the author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood. Alexandra Fuller 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. A story of survival and madness, love and war, loyalty and forgiveness, this intimate exploration of Fuller's family -- at its heart,the story of her mother, Nicola -- is as funny, terrifying, exotic, and unselfconscious as Nicola herself.