Leaving Before the Rains Come

By: Alexandra Fuller

Narrated by: Alexandra Fuller

As her marriage collapses, the author of the international best-seller Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight relearns the fearless ways of her father to find her own true north. Standing in the wreckage of her marriage, in her adopted country America, Alexandra Fuller revisits the continent she loves and finds in her father's harsh, simple, and uncompromising ways the key to her salvation. Casting a fresh eye on her parent's boisterous strengths and debilitating weaknesses, painting a vivid picture of America at the end of decades of false certainty and security, and revealing her Africa, vital and resilient, Leave Before the Rains Come is an astonishment - a memoir of such grace and intelligence, wit, and courage that only Alexandra Fuller could have written it.

©2015 Alexandra Fuller (P)2015 Recorded Books

Shockingly beautiful...

Alexandra Fuller's story is so honest, poignant, beautiful, heartbreaking, and funny… Which is an unusual and breathtaking combination.

unlike some this Author is a good narrator

Made me laugh, the last quarter was gripping...I must listen to the first half again, needs some deeper thinking. The 3 books of Ms. Fullers memoirs were great binge listening. Three different perspectives important ly with different narrators weaving the story into a whole, I enjoyed all three equally. Made me content in my black and white, made me forgive my steps over to the colorful side. I wonder if it might be worth another listen in the future!

New favorite Author!

This is my second book by Alexandra Fuller.. And she simply gets better if that's possible!
Looking forward to reading "Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness".

Enchanted

Recommend listening to the author narrate her memoir. Heartfelt and insightful with wonderful humor about her eccentric parents and her personal trials and tribulations I adulthood. Never felt bored with her stories or musings on marriage and relationships

Wonderful listen

Great reading by the author of her own story. Wise, warm, witty and rich. Highly recommend listening to it.

I wish these review forms didn't require so many words in order to be accepted.