false 24687 27 This is the biography of Alexandra Fuller's childhood in Rhodesia during the beginning of the guerilla war time. It's funny, scary and a remarkable glimpse of a world turned upside down. In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. In wry and sometimes hilarious prose, she stares down disaster and looks back with rage and love at the life of an extraordinary family in an extraordinary time. A memoir of a child of expats growing up in Africa. Alexandra writes in a very honest, non-judgemental and funny style about her unusual upbringing in a hardscrabble land. Her parents are hardworking farmers and ranchers and the children are raised to be independent. It can be quite hair-raising at times! 2434074 2002 Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood total:4855|5:1410|4:2073|3:1095|2:222|1:55| 4855 19126 6261 910 5 8 false false Thu Jun 05 07:08:02 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 07:15:13 -0700 2008
The brutal honesty in this story is startling, and Fuller does not set out to insert political ...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 09:26:51 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 06:20:50 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Jul 06 03:30:20 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 04:27:32 -0700 2007 The voice is that of a relatively innocent ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 17:10:38 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 19:12:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 27 11:07:59 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 19:45:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 07 17:12:48 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 17:58:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 08 12:00:46 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 09:48:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 true false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 00:25:40 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 19:07:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 19:54:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 18:16:49 -0700 2008 It's actually about real estate, and the moral is: Don't buy a farm in a region where war is likely to break out.
The family lives during much of the author's growing-years in Rhodesia, which becomes...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 18 12:51:54 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 21:09:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 18:14:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 18:21:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Mar 15 08:05:42 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 08:14:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 08 15:33:01 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 15:40:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 14 22:36:46 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 11 10:52:46 -0700 2009
Alexandra Fuller (known as "Bobo") grew up in Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia, the child of gregarious, charming, heavy-drinking, and deeply racist parents of British descent. What I love...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:19:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:19:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 13:34:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 13:35:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:35:11 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:35:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 10 11:53:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:17:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 15:31:46 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:31:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:03:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:08:51 -0700 2009 more...]]>