athoffman18's review against another edition
4.0
Alexandra Fuller bares all in her telling of growing up in Africa. Her telling is to the point and honest about what it was like to grow up having the "wrong" skin, and the be "outsiders" in a place. She does not write in a complaining or contrived tone. She has a story to tell, and all she has done is tell it.
This is a truly great memoir, it was difficult to put down and me going through a range of emotions.
This is a truly great memoir, it was difficult to put down and me going through a range of emotions.
lindanussbaum_pdx's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
jenmat1197's review against another edition
4.0
This was a good book. It has a humorous undertone, which is always welcome. The author does a good job describing the scenese around her to give the reader a good picture of Zambia. She shows us her life in a non-political, no excuses kind of way that is always refreshing. Good read.
orygunn's review against another edition
2.0
I had a hard time getting through this book, and probably wouldn't have even gotten past the first 30 pages if it weren't a book club pick.
mohawkm's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating memoir, of growing up in Rhodesia as a white girl with parents who fought for the establishment. As others have pointed out, the author doesn't add any commentary but it still reads as a bleak lesson of the attempts to hold on to colonialism in southern Africa, with much heartbreak within the family as well. Clear writing that recalls Tara Westover's style, though it came before it.