Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

How Do You Become Racist? Alexandra Fuller on Her Childhood in Rhodesia


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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 mid-twenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming. Fuller is the author of several memoirs including Travel Light, Move Fast, Leaving Before the Rains Come, and Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness. On this week's episode, the memoirist discusses her latest book, her childhood in Rhodesia and the blatant racism that permeated her early life, and the death of her son.
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