DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT

Well as you already know I'm in book club and for our first book we read a book called "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: African Childhood" by Alexandra Fuller. At first I was really hesitant to read this book because to be honest it seemed boring and educational, not really my cup of tea. But since we kind of HAD to read it I decided to cram it all in like a day before our meeting. In the end I was actually really glad that I had read it! It was much more interesting then I had ever anticipated. I felt a personal connection to her story because my uncle is from Ireland and moved to Africa (lived in Kenya and in South Africa) when he was just four years old. He spent the rest of his childhood and teenage years there until he went back to Ireland for college. He has often told me that he sometimes isn't who he is or where is "truely" from, some of the same problems that the author faced in her book. Another thing that made the book even better was seeing Alexandra Fuller speak. I thought that she was a really amazing speaker, very charismatic. I actually listened to everything she had to say and I'm glad I decided against my first inclination, to take a nap. She had so many messages, ideas, thoughts, and beliefs to convey. She had a very interesting take on life and I think that because of her odd childhood she is the person she is today because of it. I learned so much from her book and speech that I will take with me forever.