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This was a slow start for me. It took me until I was 75% in to really like this book. At the beginning of the book I was very bothered by my perception of neglectful parenting when the kids were young, the death of so many children and I just did not like the parents. I strongly disliked hearing ...
I'm not a huge fan of memoirs from white colonists in Africa, but Fuller's is particularly good. She writes well and is aware of the contradictions inherent in her situation.
This book makes an interesting counterpoint to my last read, If a Place Can Make You Cry. An English family, in this memoir, moves to Africa and, despite war and mosquitos and disease a...