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"My family's history-with its very real consequences-defied romantic longing."
Bobo (Alexander's nickname) is a master of recounting without pathos or romantic longing. Yet she is clear about the elements of her childhood and young adulthood in Rhodesia that have formed her in ways both permanent and lovely. Her father had warned her that most people want to go through life with no real idea on how to live. He had no real rules for her except not being boring, remaining active, and being bathed and dressed for dinner at eight. This book is the latest in the series and examines again her life and how the chaos and the acceptance of trouble had shaped both her and the country. This book has been written from the perspective of a failed marriage which she entered with her equally strong longing for protection and safety. Early on, having lost her grandmother to death and her mother to madness, she has found the only way to stop needing a mothership was to become the mother ship.

Bobo's writing has a breezy stoicism formed from the expected...

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