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Leaving Before the Rains Come

By: Alexandra Fuller
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As her marriage collapses, the author of the international best-seller Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight relearns the fearless ways of her father to find her own true north. Standing in the wreckage of her marriage, in her adopted country America, Alexandra Fuller revisits the continent she loves and finds in her father's harsh, simple, and uncompromising ways the key to her salvation. Casting a fresh eye on her parent's boisterous strengths and debilitating weaknesses, painting a vivid picture of America at the end of decades of false certainty and security, and revealing her Africa, vital and resilient, Leave Before the Rains Come is an astonishment - a memoir of such grace and intelligence, wit, and courage that only Alexandra Fuller could have written it.

©2015 Alexandra Fuller (P)2015 Recorded Books Divorce & Separation Relationships Women Marriage Funny Heartfelt Witty Africa
Honest Storytelling • Excellent Narration • Enchanting Voice • Superb Writing • Poignant Memoir • Engaging Stories
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Alexandra Fuller's story is so honest, poignant, beautiful, heartbreaking, and funny… Which is an unusual and breathtaking combination.

Shockingly beautiful...

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Made me laugh, the last quarter was gripping...I must listen to the first half again, needs some deeper thinking. The 3 books of Ms. Fullers memoirs were great binge listening. Three different perspectives important ly with different narrators weaving the story into a whole, I enjoyed all three equally. Made me content in my black and white, made me forgive my steps over to the colorful side. I wonder if it might be worth another listen in the future!

unlike some this Author is a good narrator

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Recommend listening to the author narrate her memoir. Heartfelt and insightful with wonderful humor about her eccentric parents and her personal trials and tribulations I adulthood. Never felt bored with her stories or musings on marriage and relationships

Enchanted

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This is my second book by Alexandra Fuller.. And she simply gets better if that's possible!
Looking forward to reading "Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness".

New favorite Author!

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Great reading by the author of her own story. Wise, warm, witty and rich. Highly recommend listening to it.

I wish these review forms didn't require so many words in order to be accepted.

Wonderful listen

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A gorgeously rendered memoir of the dissolution of a marriage. I read it directly after finishing Fuller’s earlier memoir, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dog’s Tonight. Her voice and journey are that compelling.

Exquisitely written

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I thoroughly enjoyed this honest and thought provoking slice of life. It was made even better by the author's narration.

I would read this again.

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Ms. Fuller provides an excellent and Touching insight into her private life. It’s a wonderful book.

Superb

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A very true and well written story. Can relate as I was there as a young girl in the late fifties. When it was Rhodesia . I have read most of her books and enjoyed the vocabulary and familiar words she uses. An excelLent Writer

Having lived a little earlier in what was then Rhodesia This fascination story is close to my heart and

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Another wonderful memoir by Alexandra Fuller. Absorbing, exotic, amusing, wise and filled with her lush African memories. And this one is read by Fuller herself, with her enchanting voice matching perfectly her accent and the text. This is a not-to-be missed book for those who loved her others, best read after the first two.

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