Alexandra Fuller, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfullness

In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and her unforgettable family.  At the heart of the family is Fuller’s iconic courageous mother, Nicola, or Nicola Fuller of Central Africa as she sometimes prefers to be known.  Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye to a warlike clan of highlanders and raised in Kenya's perfect equatorial light, Nicola holds dear the values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals.  With a lifetime of admiration behind her and after years of interviews and research, Fuller recaptures her mother's inimitable voice with remarkable precision.