{"id":4506,"date":"2021-04-08T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2021-04-08T22:12:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T22:12:22","slug":"dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-by-alexandra-fuller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-by-alexandra-fuller\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Don&#8217;t Let&#8217;s Go to the Dogs Tonight<\/b> by Alexandra Fuller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/24687.Don_t_Let_s_Go_to_the_Dogs_Tonight\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1388194903l\/24687._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/24687.Don_t_Let_s_Go_to_the_Dogs_Tonight\">Don&#8217;t Let&#8217;s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/13900.Alexandra_Fuller\">Alexandra Fuller<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3933846283\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This memoir by an African-raised white British ex-pat, now living in America, details an extraordinary upbringing in various African countries. The stories are often wild, hard to believe, or simply depressing. The author&#8217;s style can be described as in your face. It is certainly unconventional. Her family seems to have done nothing but drink beer, smoke, farm tobacco, and survive the most horrid conditions imaginable. Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi &#8211; they lived in all of them. They seemed to be always on the brink of insolvency, yet they always had money and position superior to the Africans, many of whom were their servants. I get the impressions that they both loved Africa and Africans yet were staunch racist white supremacists, if that is possible. I certainly didn&#8217;t admire their lifestyle or life choices as depicted in the book, but it&#8217;s difficult to know how much was hyperbole. In the end I can only say I found it a relatively original and entertaining read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t Let&#8217;s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller My rating: 4 of 5 stars This memoir by an African-raised white British ex-pat, now living in America, details an extraordinary upbringing in various African countries. The stories are often wild, hard to believe, or simply depressing. 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