Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness - Hardcover

Fuller, Alexandra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410439410 ISBN 13: 9781410439413

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2011

Synopsis

A sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight traces the stories of the author's parents' respective childhoods in Kenya and England, recounts her own upbringing in Africa, and offers insight into the impact of their beliefs and the waning of the British empire in her parents' marriage. (biography & autobiography). Simultaneous.

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About the Author

ALEXANDRA FULLER was born in England in 1969. In 1972, she moved with her family to a farm in southern Africa. She lived in Africa until her midtwenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. She has three children.

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Nicola Fuller of Central Africa Learns to Fly

Our Mum—or Nicola Fuller of Central Africa, as she has on occasion preferred to introduce herself—has wanted a writer in the family as long as either of us can remember, not only because she loves books and has therefore always wanted to appear in them (the way she likes large, expensive hats, and likes to appear in them) but also because she has always wanted to live a fabulously romantic life for which she needed a reasonably pliable witness as scribe.

“At least she didn’t read you Shakespeare in the womb,” my sister says. “I think that’s what gave me brain damage.”

“You do not have brain damage,” I say.

“That’s what Mum says.”

“Well, I wouldn’t listen to her. You know what she’s like,” I say.

“I know,” Vanessa says.

“For example,” I say, “lately, she’s been telling me that I must have been switched at birth.”

“Really?” Vanessa tilts her head this way and that to get a better view of my features. “Let me have a look at your nose from the other side.”

“Stop it,” I cover my nose.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410439410
• ISBN 13: 9781410439413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360