Leaving Before the Rains Come

Alexandra Fuller

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Vintage
15 March 2016

Biography; Memoirs; Prose: non-fiction

The sequel to the international bestseller Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight.

The sequel to the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Born in England and uprooted to southern Africa as a toddler by her parents, Alexandra Fuller experienced a unique upbringing - both coloured with tragedy and joy - against the backdrop of the Rhodesian wars. Following her marriage to American Charlie Ross, she leaves Africa for Wyoming in the United States. This sequel to the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight vividly captures the highs, lows and ultimate dissolution of Fuller's twenty-year marriage and her unbreakable tie to her African past as she searches for explanations for the present and answers for the future.

Interlaced with stories from her childhood in Africa, Fuller paints a brilliant picture of an expatriate's love for her homeland, a daughter's acceptance of her father and the moving journey of her marriage and divorce. Poignant, candid and wistfully humorous, Leaving Before the Rains Come

will resonate with anyone who has ever fallen out of love

- with a person, idea or a place - and into self-acceptance and the belief that only we can save ourselves.

'Remarkable, beautifully written and fantastically entertaining... a compulsive read' Observer

By: Alexandra Fuller
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 194g
ISBN: 9781784700591
ISBN 10: 1784700592
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Leaving Before the Rains Come

Fuller doesn't write misery memoirs. She writes warm, humorous and honest memoirs, and Leaving Before the Rains Come is another must-read * Sunday Express * [A] bold, brave memoir of [Fuller's] emancipation from the past * The Times * [An] urgent, eloquently fearless book * Guardian * [An] honest, powerful and moving memoir -- Kate Figes * Mail on Sunday * Remarkable, beautifully written and fantastically entertaining... a compulsive read * Observer *