Alexandra Fuller's first memoir that came out ten years ago, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, was a truly astonishing account of growing up in Africa. Her follow up is the recently published Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness. This book goes back to tell the lives of her parents and how they came to be who they are.
Fuller celebrates her parents eccentricities, their madness, generosity, courage and dignity in this book. We might not always agree with or understand certain choices they make, but that's really not the point.
I wasn't as blown away by this book as by the first one. Maybe because I already knew parts of the story. If you haven't read either, start with Don't Let's Go to The Dogs Tonight, then read Cocktail Hour for a complete picture of this truly original family.
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