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Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller (2015, Hardcover)
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Author: Fuller, Alexandra. Publisher: Penguin Press. Condition: New.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101594205868
ISBN-139781594205866
eBay Product ID (ePID)201575602
Product Key Features
Book TitleLeaving before the Rains Come
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicWomen, Divorce & Separation, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Customs & Traditions
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAlexandra Fuller
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-036654
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A): I've loved Alexandra Fuller's other books, particularly Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , a rich, marvelous memoir brimming with details of her romantic Rhodesian upbringing, and Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness , which traced her mother's history. But Leaving Before the Rains Come , the story of her crumbling marriage, is even better than those two books, one of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing-oh my God, the writing . It's more than a little daunting to review a book so gorgeously wrought that you stop, time and again, just to marvel at the language." New York Times Book Review: "Fuller is far from depleted: This book perhaps marks the beginning of her journey toward an unassailable possession of mind, and toward a new kind of freedom." Booklist ( starred review ) : "Powerful, raw, and painful, Fuller's writing is so immediate, so vivid that whether she's describing the beauty of Zambia or the harrowing hours following a devastating accident, she leaves the reader breathless. Another not-to-be-missed entry from the gifted Fuller." Publishers Weekly : "The rich narration of Fuller's upbringing, sensibility, and loneliness make clear that she remains one of the most gifted and important memoirists of our time." Kirkus : "Fuller's talent as a storyteller makes this memoir sing." Praise for COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS Michiko Kakutani , The New York Times : "Electrifying…Writing in shimmering, musical prose… Ms. Fuller manages the difficult feat of writing about her mother and father with love and understanding, while at the same time conveying the terrible human costs of the colonialism they supported… Although Ms. Fuller would move to America with her husband in 1994, her own love for Africa reverberates throughout these pages, making the beauty and hazards of that land searingly real for the reader." The Washington Post: "Ten years after publishing Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra (Bobo) Fuller treats us in this wonderful book to the inside scoop on her glamorous, tragic, indomitable mother…Bobo skillfully weaves together the story of her romantic, doomed family against the background of her mother's remembered childhood." Cleveland Plain-Dealer: "Another stunner… The writer's finesse at handling the element of time is brilliant, as she interweaves near-present-day incidents with stories set in the past. Both are equally vivid… With Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller, master memoirist, brings her readers new pleasure. Her mum should be pleased." Praise for DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT Newsweek : "This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over." The New Yorker : "By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling." People : "Vivid, insightful and sly…Bottom line: Out of Africa, brilliantly.", Praise for LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME Booklist ( starred review ) : "Powerful, raw, and painful, Fuller's writing is so immediate, so vivid that whether she's describing the beauty of Zambia or the harrowing hours following a devastating accident, she leaves the reader breathless. Another not-to-be-missed entry from the gifted Fuller." Publishers Weekly : "The rich narration of Fuller's upbringing, sensibility, and loneliness make clear that she remains one of the most gifted and important memoirists of our time." Kirkus : "Fuller's talent as a storyteller makes this memoir sing." Praise for COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS Michiko Kakutani , The New York Times : "Electrifying…Writing in shimmering, musical prose… Ms. Fuller manages the difficult feat of writing about her mother and father with love and understanding, while at the same time conveying the terrible human costs of the colonialism they supported… Although Ms. Fuller would move to America with her husband in 1994, her own love for Africa reverberates throughout these pages, making the beauty and hazards of that land searingly real for the reader." The Washington Post: "Ten years after publishing Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra (Bobo) Fuller treats us in this wonderful book to the inside scoop on her glamorous, tragic, indomitable mother…Bobo skillfully weaves together the story of her romantic, doomed family against the background of her mother's remembered childhood." Cleveland Plain-Dealer: "Another stunner… The writer's finesse at handling the element of time is brilliant, as she interweaves near-present-day incidents with stories set in the past. Both are equally vivid… With Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller, master memoirist, brings her readers new pleasure. Her mum should be pleased." Praise for DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT Newsweek : "This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over." The New Yorker : "By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling." People : "Vivid, insightful and sly…Bottom line: Out of Africa, brilliantly."
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal968.91092 B
SynopsisThe New York Times Bestseller from the author of Travel Light, Move Fast "One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing ."-- Entertainment Weekly A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. A breathtaking achievement, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a memoir of such grace and intelligence, filled with such wit and courage, that it could only have been written by Alexandra Fuller. Leaving Before the Rains Come begins with the dreadful first years of the American financial crisis when Fuller's delicate balance--between American pragmatism and African fatalism, the linchpin of her unorthodox marriage--irrevocably fails. Recalling her unusual courtship in Zambia--elephant attacks on the first date, sick with malaria on the wedding day--Fuller struggles to understand her younger self as she overcomes her current misfortunes. Fuller soon realizes what is missing from her life is something that was always there: the brash and uncompromising ways of her father, the man who warned his daughter that "the problem with most people is that they want to be alive for as long as possible without having any idea whatsoever how to live." Fuller's father--"Tim Fuller of No Fixed Abode" as he first introduced himself to his future wife--was a man who regretted nothing and wanted less, even after fighting harder and losing more than most men could bear. Leaving Before the Rains Come showcases Fuller at the peak of her abilities, threading panoramic vistas with her deepest revelations as a fully grown woman and mother. Fuller reveals how, after spending a lifetime fearfully waiting for someone to show up and save her, she discovered that, in the end, we all simply have to save ourselves. An unforgettable book, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a story of sorrow grounded in the tragic grandeur and rueful joy only to be found in Fuller's Africa., The New York Times Bestseller from the author of Travel Light, Move Fast One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing .-- Entertainment Weekly A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. A breathtaking achievement, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a memoir of such grace and intelligence, filled with such wit and courage, that it could only have been written by Alexandra Fuller. Leaving Before the Rains Come begins with the dreadful first years of the American financial crisis when Fuller's delicate balance--between American pragmatism and African fatalism, the linchpin of her unorthodox marriage--irrevocably fails. Recalling her unusual courtship in Zambia--elephant attacks on the first date, sick with malaria on the wedding day--Fuller struggles to understand her younger self as she overcomes her current misfortunes. Fuller soon realizes what is missing from her life is something that was always there: the brash and uncompromising ways of her father, the man who warned his daughter that the problem with most people is that they want to be alive for as long as possible without having any idea whatsoever how to live. Fuller's father--Tim Fuller of No Fixed Abode as he first introduced himself to his future wife--was a man who regretted nothing and wanted less, even after fighting harder and losing more than most men could bear. Leaving Before the Rains Come showcases Fuller at the peak of her abilities, threading panoramic vistas with her deepest revelations as a fully grown woman and mother. Fuller reveals how, after spending a lifetime fearfully waiting for someone to show up and save her, she discovered that, in the end, we all simply have to save ourselves. An unforgettable book, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a story of sorrow grounded in the tragic grandeur and rueful joy only to be found in Fuller's Africa.
LC Classification NumberCT3150.F85A3 2015
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