{"product_id":"cocktail-hour-under-the-tree-of-forgetfulness-paperback","title":"Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fuller brings Africa to life, both its natural splendor and the harsher realities of day-to-day existence, and sheds light on her parents in all their humanness--not a glaring sort of light, but the soft equatorial kind she so beautifully describes in this memoir.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, \u003ci\u003eCocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness \u003c\/i\u003eis an intimate exploration of Fuller's parents, whom readers first met in \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, \u003c\/i\u003eand of the price of being possessed by Africa's uncompromising, fertile, death-dealing land. We follow Tim and Nicola Fuller hopscotching the continent, restlessly trying to establish a home. War, hardship, and tragedy follow the family even as Nicola fights to hold on to her children, her land, her sanity. But just when it seems that Nicola has been broken by the continent she loves, it is the African earth that revives and nurtures her. \u003ci\u003eCocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness\u003c\/i\u003e is Fuller at her very best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra Fuller is the author of several memoirs: \u003ci\u003eTravel Light, Move Fast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Before the Rains Come\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e 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 midtwenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. Fuller is the author of several memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eTravel Light, Move Fast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Before the Rains Come\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413737730150,"sku":"9780143121343","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/zpSdU8w8ay9780143121343.webp?v=1769993538","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/cocktail-hour-under-the-tree-of-forgetfulness-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}