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"They didn't roar and battle and laugh"

Alexandra struggles to keep afloat, when it seems her risk-free life in the US was an illusion. Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Alexandra struggles to keep afloat, when her safe and risk-fee life in the US turns out to have been an illusion.

In a follow-up to the award-winning memoir "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight", Alexandra Fuller charts her temptestuous marriage to the man she thought would save her from the chaos of life in Africa.

In 1992, after her parents had seen off all other suitors, Alexandra Fuller married Charlie Ross, a charismatic adventurer and polo player, and the only man who seemed able to stand up to her parents. In this witty, frank and courageous memoir, Fuller charts their twenty tempestuous years together.

Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2015.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Tracy-Ann Oberman
Author Alexandra Fuller
Abridger Richard Hamilton
Producer Justine Willett

Broadcasts

  • Thu 19 Feb 2015 09:45
  • Fri 20 Feb 2015 00:30
  • Thu 31 Oct 2019 14:45
  • Fri 1 Nov 2019 02:45

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