Safari Ants, Baggy Pants And Elephants: A Kenyan Odyssey [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Kelly, Susie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995473579 ISBN 13: 9780995473577

Verlag: Blackbird Digital Books, 2017

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Páginas:262Géneros:12:WT:Travel&holiday12:BG:Biography:general12:WTL:TravelwritingSinopsis:Morethan40yearsafterleavingKenya,Susieunexpectedlyfindsherselfreturningforasafariorganisedbyanoldfriend.WithherhusbandTerryshesetsoffforaholidaytouringthegamereserves,butwhatshefindsfarexceedsherexpectations.Inthisherseventhtravelogue,shetakesreadersfromfivestarhotelstoluxurytentsinthewilderness,andtopovertyinNairobi',sslums,describingajourneyofjoy,excitement,discovery,nostalgia,ofnewfriendshipsandencountersoftheveryclosekindwithKenya,smajesticwildlife.Forgottenmemoriescomefloodingbackassherevisitsthescenesofherchildhoodandadolescence,somovinglyportrayedinherpopularmemoirIWishICouldSayIWasSorry,manyofthemchangedbeyondrecognition.Writteninhercharacteristiclaidbackstyle,thisisatraveltalethatwillappealtoallthosereaderswhohaveenjoyedSusie',spreviousbooks,aswellasanybodywhohaslivedinordreamsofvisitingKenya,themagicallandSusiestillthinksofas&lsquo,home,.Thelong-awaitedsequeltoherUSTop40rankingmemoir ,IWishICouldSayIWasSorry ,describedbyBookBubas ,",AChildCalledIt ,meets ,OutOfAfrica ,inthisstunningmemoirofawoman',s1950schildhoodinKenya.Filledwithcandidhumorandinsights,thisauthentictalecapturesonewoman',sincrediblecoming-of-agejourney.", ,_,

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“There are a handful of authors who achieve that elusive trick of making you laugh out loud. For me it’s James Herriot, Bill Bryson and Susie Kelly.” French Entrée Magazine

“A book to inspire”  Good Housekeeping Magazine on Best Foot Forward

PRAISE FOR THE PREQUEL, I WISH I COULD SAY I WAS SORRY:

‘A Child Called It meets Out Of Africa in this stunning memoir of a woman's 1950s childhood in Kenya. Filled with candid humor and insights, this authentic tale captures one woman's incredible coming-of-age journey.’ BookBub

A SELECTION FROM THE 250 REVIEWS ON US AMAZON:

“What an astounding story, sometimes true life experiences are better than fiction.”

“Heartbreakingly real.”

“This memoir kept me up. I could not stop reading this. An almost idyllic early girlhood that becomes more and more dysfunctional. What a story!”

“Best book I have read in years.”

“The whole story is a great tug on the heart strings. I couldn’t put the book down and have every intention of reading it again.”

“Spellbinding.”

“A dysfunctional families true story that had me shedding real tears in some places and laughing out loud in other places as I read. A marvellous book.”

“I am blown away by such talent.”

 

 

 

Reseña del editor

The long-awaited sequel to Susie Kelly's US Amazon Top 40 ranking memoir I Wish I Could Say I Was Sorry, described by BookBub as A Child Called It meets Out Of Africa in this stunning memoir of a woman's 1950s childhood in Kenya. Filled with candid humor and insights, this authentic tale captures one woman's incredible coming-of-age journey.

More than 40 years after leaving Kenya, Susie unexpectedly finds herself returning for a safari organised by an old friend. With her husband Terry she sets off for a holiday touring the game reserves, but what Susie finds far exceeds her expectations. In this, her seventh, travelogue, she takes readers from five star hotels to luxury tents in the wilderness, and to poverty in Nairobi's slums, describing a journey of joy, excitement, discovery, nostalgia, of new friendships and encounters of the very close kind with Kenya’s majestic wildlife. Forgotten memories come flooding back as she revisits the scenes of her childhood and adolescence, so movingly portrayed in her popular memoir I Wish I Could Say I Was Sorry, many of them changed beyond recognition.

Written in her characteristic laid back style, this is a travel tale that will appeal to all those readers who have enjoyed Susie's previous books, as well as anybody who has lived in or dreams of visiting Kenya, the magical land Susie still thinks of as ‘home’.

'Vivid, moving, entertaining. Anybody thinking of taking a safari holiday in Kenya, or who would like to take an armchair safari to Kenya, should read this book.'

"Hemingway wrote:'I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up that I was not happy.' That is how I feel about Kenya. You feel at once insignificant and amazing, just for being here. This magnificent, beautiful country, birthplace of mankind, owner of my heart." Susie Kelly, 2017

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• Verlag: Blackbird Digital Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0995473579
• ISBN 13: 9780995473577
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260