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05481aam a2200745 i 4500 001 256CF46C47F611E6BC47F4DCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 150127s2015 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2014036654 020 $a 1594206473 020 $a 9781594206474 035 $a (OCoLC)900956797 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d VTL $d JQM $d YDXCP $d IK2 $d BTCTA $d BDX $d GK8 $d FLWMD $d CO2 $d NDS $d IEB $d JTH $d LMR $d GO3 $d SINLB $d EEK $d XFF $d DAC $d JUH $d KSU $d OCLCF $d MNE $d ZCU $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-wy $a f-za--- $a n-us-wy 050 00 $a CT3150.F85 $b A3 2015 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a BIO026000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Fuller, Alexandra, $d 1969- 245 10 $a Leaving before the rains come / $c Alexandra Fuller. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 258 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 2 $a "' ... One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing'--Entertainment Weekly; A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. A breathtaking achievement, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a memoir of such grace and intelligence, filled with such wit and courage, that it could only have been written by Alexandra Fuller. Leaving Before the Rains Come begins with the dreadful first years of the American financial crisis when Fuller's delicate balance--between American pragmatism and African fatalism, the linchpin of her unorthodox marriage--irrevocably fails. Recalling her unusual courtship in Zambia--elephant attacks on the first date, sick with malaria on the wedding day--Fuller struggles to understand her younger self as she overcomes her current misfortunes. Fuller soon realizes what is missing from her life is something that was always there: the brash and uncompromising ways of her father, the man who warned his daughter that 'the problem with most people is that they want to be alive for as long as possible without having any idea whatsoever how to live.' Fuller's father--'Tim Fuller of No Fixed Abode' as he first introduced himself to his future wife--was a man who regretted nothing and wanted less, even after fighting harder and losing more than most men could bear. Leaving Before the Rains Come showcases Fuller at the peak of her abilities, threading panoramic vistas with her deepest revelations as a fully grown woman and mother. Fuller reveals how, after spending a lifetime fearfully waiting for someone to show up and save her, she discovered that, in the end, we all simply have to save ourselves. An unforgettable book, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a story of sorrow grounded in the tragic grandeur and rueful joy only to be found in Fuller's Africa"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a And Away We Fly -- Madness in Prescribed Doses -- Decisions by Dionysus -- Mr. Adventure's Immunity -- Marital Advice from a Mildly Stoned Cook -- Marriage Vows in the Time of Malaria -- Continental Drift -- Marriage Advice from the End of the World -- Signal Flags -- The Midday Sun -- Last Call on the African Queen -- This Grand Inheritance -- Marriage in the Time of Cholera -- Babies in the Time of Yellow Fever -- Mad Beans, Time, and Ghosts -- The River Runner and the Rat Race -- Fortune Teller Fish -- Falling -- Broken -- Cry for a Whole People -- Leaving Before the Rains Come. 600 10 $a Fuller, Alexandra, $d 1969- 600 10 $a Fuller, Alexandra, $d 1969- $x Marriage. 600 10 $a Fuller, Alexandra, $d 1969- $x Family. 650 0 $a Women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Divorced women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Intercountry marriage. 651 0 $a Zimbabwe $v Biography. 651 0 $a Zambia $v Biography. 651 0 $a Wyoming $v Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 600 17 $a Fuller, Alexandra, $d 1969- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00464710 650 7 $a Divorced women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895945 650 7 $a Families. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 $a Intercountry marriage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00976075 650 7 $a Marriage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010443 650 7 $a Women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176568 651 7 $a Wyoming. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204583 651 7 $a Zambia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01209422 651 7 $a Zimbabwe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01209419 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 17 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611020100.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013511.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017030509.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092257.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20211118015420.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200103011522.0 952 $l JHPC815 $d 20191221010142.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720043826.0 952 $l MGPD463 $d 20180718023901.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034627.0 952 $l NJPD993 $d 20180714052449.0 952 $l DIPB173 $d 20180707022410.0 952 $l HYAX325 $d 20180623024403.0 952 $l KXPA353 $d 20180118014000.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170817010557.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418104725.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826112018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=256CF46C47F611E6BC47F4DCDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search