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Leaving Before the Rains Come

Leaving Before the Rains Come

by Alexandra Fuller (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

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Synopsis

I believed that if I moored myself to Charlie, I would know tranquility interspersed with organized adventure. He would stay in Zambia because he loved the romance of it. I could remain here, safely. Our lives would be the 'three rifles, supplies for a month and Mozart' of Out of Africa without the plane crashes, syphilis and Danish accent. In 1992 Alexandra Fuller embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this frank, personal memoir, a sequel to Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, the insurmountable obstacles ...and the many signals that they missed along the way.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 12 Feb 2015
ISBN 10: 1846559553
ISBN 13: 9781846559556
Book Overview: The sequel to the international bestseller Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight.

Media Reviews
Remarkable, beautifully written and fantastically entertaining... a compulsive read Observer [An] honest, powerful and moving memoir -- Kate Figes Mail on Sunday [An] urgent, eloquently fearless book Guardian [A] bold, brave memoir of [Fuller's] emancipation from the past The Times Fuller doesn't write misery memoirs. She writes warm, humorous and honest memoirs, and Leaving Before the Rains Come is another must-read Sunday Express What sets [the book] apart is Fuller's prose, as biting and beautiful as ever. It is often laugh-out-loud-funny too Mail on Sunday A poetic and powerful account of a troubled marriage, sensitive, frank and full of insight into the human condition Daily Express [A] hauntingly beautiful memoir Daily Mail Unquestionable is the lucid beauty of Fuller's prose and her courage in producing it -- Patricia Nicol, 4 stars Metro A trenchant yet riveting examination of what [Alexandra Fuller] calls the culture of the end of a marriage The Bookseller [Fuller] is so compassionate, funny and un-bitter, and her straight-shooting yet graceful prose is the real thing The Spectator This fascinating memoir is by turns hilarious and utterly heartbreaking in charting 20 years of marriage... Searingly and disconcertingly honest -- Dermot Bolger Sunday Business Post Leaving Before the Rains Come is a drama of expatriation, exploring in searching terms...an imagined return of the native. It carries memoir beyond candour towards a place in literature -- Lyndall Gordon Literary Review [A] readable, often hilarious, but always frank account Good Book Guide Fuller writes about making mistakes, living with grief and depression, coping with loss, with incredible insight and honesty. We raced through this book A Little Bird (Blog) A powerful, emotionally honest account of a relationship falling apart. -- Charlotte Heathcote Daily Express A riveting account of the disintegration of a marriage... Revelatory without ascribing blame. Fuller writes without bitterness or partiality, illuminating the universal by a powerful illustration of the particular. -- Jenni Russell The Sunday Times An absorbing interest. Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
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 mid-twenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. She has three children.