Alexandra Fuller: Leaving Before the Rains Come

Leaving Before the Rains Come


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The sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. In her twenties Alexandra Fuller embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this frank, personal memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, the insurmountable obstacles...and the many signals that they missed along the way.

Hard Times is the name of a town in the barren hills of the Dakota Territory. To this town there comes one day one of the reckless sociopaths who wander the West to kill and rape and pillage. By the time he is through and has ridden off, Hard Times is a smoking ruin. The de facto mayor, Blue, takes in two survivors of Leaving Before the Rains Come download ebook pdf the carnage a boy, Jimmy, and a prostitute, Molly, who has suffered unspeakably and makes them his provisional family. Blue begins to rebuild Hard Times, welcoming new settlers, while Molly waits with vengeance in her heart for the return of the outlaw. Here is E. L. Doctorow s debut novel, a searing allegory of frontier life that sets the stage for his subsequent classics. As lively and winning as Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence" and Sarah Turnbull's "Almost French," " A Town Like Paris "evokes the beauty, delights, and charms of Paris for an ever-eager audience of armchair travelers.


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Author: Alexandra Fuller
Number of Pages: 272 pages
Published Date: 25 Feb 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781784700591
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