![]() ![]() From 1972 to 1990, Alexandra Fuller-known to friends and family as Bobo-grew up on several farms in southern and central Africa. 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. Fuller's debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling."- The New Yorker Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is suffused with Fuller's endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. "This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over."- Newsweek "By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring. ![]() NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother. ![]()
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