Posted on February 25, 2010, 2:29 pm, by admin.
After our mother-daughter book club read Going Solo by Roald Dahl, my daughter, Madeleine wrote this review. Going Solo is a memoir that picks up where Boy left off. It follows Roald Dahl’s adventures in Africa and around the Mediterranean just before and during World War II. From encounters with deadly snakes, lions, and German [...]
Posted on April 29, 2008, 5:09 pm, by Cindy Hudson.
West with the Night, a memoir by Beryl Markham, is one of my all time favorite books to read. Both for the glimpse it gives into life in Africa during the early decades of the 20th century, and for the descriptions of life for a bush pilot. As a child growing up with her father [...]