In her most recent memoir, Alexandra Fuller focuses on the life of her father. After his sudden death, she realized that if she's going to get through this loss, that she needs to become the parts of him that she misses most. Moving between recent memories of her father, his last days, and her past, Fuller writes the story of her father, a man who moved to Africa to fight in the Rhodesian War and who settled in Zambia as a banana farmer.
Written in a way that makes you feel like you know the man as well as his daughter does, this is a great memoir of an unforgettable man who made his own path in life, with no apologies. I have read all of Fuller's previous books, and I enjoy the way that this book focused on her father, a person who never figured quite as prominently in Fuller's other books. Fuller's father was a very independent person, who made his own way in the world and who raised Alexandra and her sister to be strong and independent, as well. I found this to be a great book that gave me insight not only into a singularly great person, but also into the history and culture of Rhodesia. It does help if you have read her other books, to give you context for this one.
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