{"product_id":"dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-an-african-childhood","title":"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlexandra Fuller\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375758997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eA worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e is suffused with Fuller's endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller's debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 1972 to 1990, Alexandra Fuller--known to friends and family as Bobo--grew up on several farms in southern and central Africa. Her father joined up on the side of the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, and was often away fighting against the powerful black guerilla factions. Her mother, in turn, flung herself at their African life and its rugged farm work with the same passion and maniacal energy she brought to everything else. Though she loved her children, she was no hand-holder and had little tolerance for neediness. She nurtured her daughters in other ways: She taught them, by example, to be resilient and self-sufficient, to have strong wills and strong opinions, and to embrace life wholeheartedly, despite and because of difficult circumstances. And she instilled in Bobo, particularly, a love of reading and of storytelling that proved to be her salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alexandra Fuller writes poignantly about a girl becoming a woman and a writer against a backdrop of unrest, not just in her country but in her home. But \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a survivor's story. It is the story of one woman's unbreakable bond with a continent and the people who inhabit it, a portrait lovingly realized and deeply felt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting . . . [full of] humor and compassion.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The incredible story of an incredible childhood.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood | Alexandra Fuller | Paperback | 9780375758997 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1670433","offer_id":48700068102296,"sku":"1670433","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81QF4rRnqcL.jpg?v=1773771212","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-an-african-childhood","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}