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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness | Alexandra Fuller
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A story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is an intimate exploration of Fullers parents and of the price of being possessed by Africas uncompromising, fertile, death-dealing land. We follow Tim and Nicola Fuller hopscotching the continent, restlessly trying to establish a home. War, hardship, and tragedy follow the family even as Nicola fights to hold on to her children, her land, her sanity. But just when it seems that Nicola has been broken by the continent she loves, it is the African earth that revives and nurtures her. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Fuller at her very best.
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kiminreverse
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I'm dogsitting this weekend, and grabbed this book to read from the bookshelves full of good books in the home.

Cinfhen That's such an awesome cover & title 💕💕 7y
Megabooks That's a really good book! 7y
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LauraBeth
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Go to library 15 minutes before it closes. Walk up steps and remember you forgot to bring the books that were due 🙀

mjdowens 😖😡 8y
dariazeoli That reminds me of how I was headed to the bank without my ATM card yesterday 😁 8y
LauraBeth @dariazeoli 😅😅 so it's not just me!? 8y
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LauraBeth @mjdowens yep! 😾 8y
RealBooks4ever You're not alone! Sunday I went to the bookstore to sell some books and totally forgot to pick up the ones I had ordered! 🙃 8y
LittlePixels Been there, done that! 8y
Bookzombie I went to pick up a DVD hold on Sunday and forgot I already had the max number of DVDs at home. I will have to go back tomorrow after work. 8y
MyNamesParadise That's happened to me before! Usually before I back out of the driveway I have to run back inside my house to get them 🙈🙈 8y
azulaco Yep. Thank goodness for the online renewal option. It's saved me from fines many times. 8y
Literaryunicorn That's the worst. #libraryproblems 8y
Cinfhen Understandable- do that kind of stuff all the time! 8y
LauraBeth @LittlePixels Maybe we need personal assistants to do the reminding 😀 8y
LauraBeth @Bookzombie Well when you go, can you take my books back? 😀 8y
LauraBeth @MyNamesParadise I should just put a sticky on my dashboard that says: "going to the library? Take your books!" 8y
LauraBeth @azulaco oh that's saved me too! Except when I'm maxed out on renewals 😂 8y
LauraBeth @Literaryunicorn I also forgot to get the book I was there for 😔 8y
LauraBeth @Cinfhen complete fail! 😔 8y
JenniferShepard happens to me all the time 🙀 8y
ValerieAndBooks You've had a lot on your mind lately, though! 8y
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katemclellan
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"Surely until all of us own and honor one another's dead, until we have admitted to our murders and forgiven one another and ourselves for what we have done, there can be no truce, no dignity and no peace."

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Megabooks
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Morning review 4🌟 I need to interview my mother like this. In this memoir, Fuller's mother has a lot to forget (dead children, life at war), and she opens up to her daughter when she's drunk. Her candor is striking and heartbreaking. She's lost a lot but has persevered. Amazing woman!

Megabooks If you enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible, you'll like this. 9y
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