'You can survive more than you'd believe; Dad had told me that. He'd also told me you can survive more than you want; but it's not always up to you, not the enormous things, those are beyond all control...'
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. In 1972, she moved with her family to a farm in southern Africa. She lived in Africa until her midtwenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. She is the author of several memoirs, including Leaving Before the Rains Come, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.
Travel Light, Move Fast ceaselessly surprises, delights and
devastates in unequal measure. Poignant and utterly profound. I
read it in a single sitting.
*Richard E. Grant*
Her writing is all her own, graceful, full of dry humor, and
charming. In her hands, a life becomes art.
*The Millions*
Fuller writes with devastating humour and directness about
desperate circumstances . . . tender, remarkable
*Daily Telegraph*
In Travel Light, Move Fast, the author draws her father to center
stage - and shows how essential his love and lightheartedness were
to their survival ... As Fuller shows in this beautifully written
and deeply loving portrait, laughing and crying are such a huge
part of life
*The New York Times*
Her prose is fierce, unsentimental, sometimes puzzled, and
disconcertingly honest
*Sunday Telegraph*
Owning a great story doesn't guarantee being able to tell it well.
That's the individual mystery of talent, a gift with which
Alexandra Fuller is richly blessed
*Entertainment Weekly*
[Fuller's] family remains endlessly fascinating and delightful
companions for long-time readers and new ones alike. . . A
gorgeously written tribute to a life well lived and the resilience
of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable loss and grief.
*Booklist*
[Fuller] sifted through a lifetime of memories in order to pen this
celebration of the man whose profound influence helped shape her
own worldview. [She]writes gracefully about embracing grief as an
indelible part of the human experience. Another elegant memoir from
a talented storyteller.
*Kirkus Reviews*
I loved this book so much I was appalled. Why, when bookshops are
stacked full of memoirs by authors who can't write, isn't Alexandra
Fuller heaped up in perilous piles so near the till it's impossible
to evade her? It's packed with exquisite jokes, quotes and
details... I'd demand memoir upon memoir, if it weren't for the
devastation.
*Spectator*
Fuller's story is exquisitely rendered, and told with an honesty as
beautiful as it is heartbreaking ... More than a memoirist, Fuller
is an interpreter of humanity, a reminder that beyond our capacity
for love and our willingness to endure, grace is within our
reach.
*Winnipeg Review*
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