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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Paperback - 2012

by Alexandra Fuller

A story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, and an intimate exploration of Fuller's parents and of the price of being possessed by Africa's uncompromising, fertile, death-dealing land.


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A story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is an intimate exploration of Fuller’s parents and of the price of being possessed by Africa’s uncompromising, fertile, death-dealing land. We follow Tim and Nicola Fuller hopscotching the continent, restlessly trying to establish a home. War, hardship, and tragedy follow the family even as Nicola fights to hold on to her children, her land, her sanity. But just when it seems that Nicola has been broken by the continent she loves, it is the African earth that revives and nurtures her. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Fuller at her very best.

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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, where she now resides.

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  • Title Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
  • Author Alexandra Fuller
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 2012-06-26
  • Features Glossary, Maps
  • ISBN 9780143121343 / 0143121340
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.7 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Zimbabwe, Women - Zimbabwe
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

“An eccentric, quixotic and downright dangerous tale with full room for humor, love and more than a few highballs.”

Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 07/22/2012, Page 28

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. Fuller is the author of several memoirs, including Travel Light, Move Fast, Leaving Before the Rains Come, and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.

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