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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

by Alexandra Fuller
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Gritty, heartwarming narrative of African childhood resilience.

If you're fascinated by personal tales that are as much about place as they are about the people, then "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" could capture your imagination. Alexandra Fuller's memoir offers a vivid, unfiltered glimpse of growing up in Africa amidst political turmoil and familial eccentricity. With a blend of humor and poignancy, she manages to convey a sense of undying spirit and deep-rooted love for a continent that shaped her indelible resilience. It's a story that stays with you, demanding reflection on strength, survival, and the complexities of home.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2002)
  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2003)
  • Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (2002)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

by Alexandra Fuller
$8.68 Now $5.90 Save 32% more
ISBN: 9780375758997
Authors: Alexandra Fuller
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2003-03-11
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, History
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, History, Travelogue, Autobiography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.96
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In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it 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.
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Gritty, heartwarming narrative of African childhood resilience.

If you're fascinated by personal tales that are as much about place as they are about the people, then "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" could capture your imagination. Alexandra Fuller's memoir offers a vivid, unfiltered glimpse of growing up in Africa amidst political turmoil and familial eccentricity. With a blend of humor and poignancy, she manages to convey a sense of undying spirit and deep-rooted love for a continent that shaped her indelible resilience. It's a story that stays with you, demanding reflection on strength, survival, and the complexities of home.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2002)
  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2003)
  • Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (2002)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.