Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller
‘I believed that if I moored myself to Charlie, I would know tranquility interspersed with organized adventure. He would stay in Zambia because he loved the romance of it. I could remain here, safely. Our lives would be the “three rifles, supplies for a month and Mozart” of Out of Africa without the plane crashes, syphilis and Danish accent.’ In 1992 Alexandra Fuller embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this frank, personal memoir, a sequel to Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming – the new adventures, the unexplored paths, the insurmountable obstacles… and the many signals that they missed along the way.
Remarkable, beautifully written and fantastically entertaining… a compulsive read * Observer *
[An] honest, powerful and moving memoir -- Kate Figes * Mail on Sunday *
[An] urgent, eloquently fearless book * Guardian *
[A] bold, brave memoir of [Fuller’s] emancipation from the past * The Times *
Fuller doesn’t write misery memoirsShe writes warm, humorous and honest memoirs, and Leaving Before the Rains Come is another must-read * Sunday Express *
What sets [the book] apart is Fuller’s prose, as biting and beautiful as ever. It is often laugh-out-loud-funny too * Mail on Sunday *
A poetic and powerful account of a troubled marriage, sensitive, frank and full of insight into the human condition * Daily Express *
[A] hauntingly beautiful memoir * Daily Mail *
Unquestionable is the lucid beauty of Fuller’s prose and her courage in producing it -- Patricia Nicol, 4 stars * Metro *
A trenchant yet riveting examination of what [Alexandra Fuller] calls the “culture” of the end of a marriage * The Bookseller *
[Fuller] is so compassionate, funny and un-bitter, and her straight-shooting yet graceful prose is the real thing * The Spectator *
This fascinating memoir is by turns hilarious and utterly heartbreaking in charting 20 years of marriage… Searingly and disconcertingly honest -- Dermot Bolger * Sunday Business Post *
Leaving Before the Rains Come is a drama of expatriation, exploring in searching terms…an imagined return of the native. It carries memoir beyond candour towards a place in literature -- Lyndall Gordon * Literary Review *
[A] readable, often hilarious, but always frank account * Good Book Guide *
Fuller writes about making mistakes, living with grief and depression, coping with loss, with incredible insight and honesty. We raced through this book * A Little Bird (Blog) *
A powerful, emotionally honest account of a relationship falling apart. -- Charlotte Heathcote * Daily Express *
A riveting account of the disintegration of a marriage… Revelatory without ascribing blame. Fuller writes without bitterness or partiality, illuminating the universal by a powerful illustration of the particular. -- Jenni Russell * The Sunday Times *
An absorbing interest. * Daily Telegraph *
[An] honest, powerful and moving memoir -- Kate Figes * Mail on Sunday *
[An] urgent, eloquently fearless book * Guardian *
[A] bold, brave memoir of [Fuller’s] emancipation from the past * The Times *
Fuller doesn’t write misery memoirsShe writes warm, humorous and honest memoirs, and Leaving Before the Rains Come is another must-read * Sunday Express *
What sets [the book] apart is Fuller’s prose, as biting and beautiful as ever. It is often laugh-out-loud-funny too * Mail on Sunday *
A poetic and powerful account of a troubled marriage, sensitive, frank and full of insight into the human condition * Daily Express *
[A] hauntingly beautiful memoir * Daily Mail *
Unquestionable is the lucid beauty of Fuller’s prose and her courage in producing it -- Patricia Nicol, 4 stars * Metro *
A trenchant yet riveting examination of what [Alexandra Fuller] calls the “culture” of the end of a marriage * The Bookseller *
[Fuller] is so compassionate, funny and un-bitter, and her straight-shooting yet graceful prose is the real thing * The Spectator *
This fascinating memoir is by turns hilarious and utterly heartbreaking in charting 20 years of marriage… Searingly and disconcertingly honest -- Dermot Bolger * Sunday Business Post *
Leaving Before the Rains Come is a drama of expatriation, exploring in searching terms…an imagined return of the native. It carries memoir beyond candour towards a place in literature -- Lyndall Gordon * Literary Review *
[A] readable, often hilarious, but always frank account * Good Book Guide *
Fuller writes about making mistakes, living with grief and depression, coping with loss, with incredible insight and honesty. We raced through this book * A Little Bird (Blog) *
A powerful, emotionally honest account of a relationship falling apart. -- Charlotte Heathcote * Daily Express *
A riveting account of the disintegration of a marriage… Revelatory without ascribing blame. Fuller writes without bitterness or partiality, illuminating the universal by a powerful illustration of the particular. -- Jenni Russell * The Sunday Times *
An absorbing interest. * Daily Telegraph *
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 mid-twenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. She has three children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846559556 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846559553 |
| Title | Leaving Before the Rains Come |
| Author | Alexandra Fuller |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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