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Twenty Chickens For A Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood Copertina flessibile – 18 maggio 2009

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When Robyn Scott was six years old her parents abruptly exchanged the tranquil pastures of New Zealand for a converted cowshed in the wilds of Botswana. Once there, Robyn and her siblings, mostly left to amuse themselves, grew up collecting snakes, canoeing with crocodiles and breaking in horses in the veld. In the shadow of one of Africa's worst AIDS crises, this moving, enchanting memoir is an extraordinary portrait of an unforgettable childhood.

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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18 maggio 2009
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12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm
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0747596565
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978-0747596561
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Editore ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (18 maggio 2009)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 464 pagine
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0747596565
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747596561
Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 322 g
Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: n. 16,734 in Storia del libro
- n. 25,295 in Storia sociale e culturale (Libri)
- n. 133,981 in Biografie e autobiografie (Libri)

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David A. Butters

An Adventurous if Unconventional Childhood

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 26 aprile 2021

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This was a gift from a friend who had spent a lot of time in Botswana during the 1990s, the decade largely covered by this book. She had loved her time there and the gift came with her hope that I would enjoy it. I did; I absolutely loved it.
At the age of 6 the author and her younger siblings were uprooted from a fairly normal life in New Zealand by their unconventional parents and began a new life in Eastern Botswana. The father is a reluctant doctor and the mother a hopeful author and home-school teacher. Both parents are incurable optimists and the family initially set up home near Selebe, next door to their deliciously outrageous Grandpa. Later they moved to the Tuli Block, on the banks of Kipling's 'great, grey-green, greasy ' Limpopo. The book describes the childhood of the author, a rather serious child apparently, (but judging from her humorous descriptions of events that character trait must have changed somewhere along the line!); and also that of her brother, who likes being 'cool' and things that went 'bang', and her sister who does her best to protect every living thing on earth, no matter how small and creepy.
Their formative years are described brilliantly and we meet several fascinating characters on the way. Apart from home schooling under the watchful eye of Mum (which often included swimming in the Limpopo accompanied by crocodiles) we read of a short spell when they were temporary pupils at an Afrikaans school in Pikfontein, South Africa (to boost a flagging school roll!); and the author's final high schooling at a Convent school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, were she helped to stage a riotous and memorable end-of-year Talent Show.
This is a vivid description of rural life in Botswana in the 1990s. Although there are serious moments, such as her father's part in the fight against AIDS, the story is told in an highly entertaining and humorous way that often becomes hilarious; several times I found myself laughing-out-loud. Her observations are acute, not only in regard to herself but also her brother and sister and, especially her parents. It is delightfully illustrated by drawings by her sister, Lulu. This is a book to brighten up any dull day or weekend and is one I know I shall definitely read again. Buy it and find out what the title really means! Thoroughly recommended!

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AK

One of the best African 'growing up' biographies

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 10 maggio 2011

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Robyn Scott's debut book is a great start - a description of growing up 'on the fringe', with two very unconventional parents and two siblings in the midst of Botswana's countryside. In a way it is similar to Peter Godwin's Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa or Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood .

The first difference, of course is the slightly later timeline (80s and 90s), and then the book is set in a relatively benign Botswana and not in war torn Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. This certainly makes for lighter reading and overall the book is fairly full of optimism, in spite of certain events, which surely must have been difficult for a child to deal with.

In spite of the chaos of the author's (and her siblings') upbringing by their home schooling parents, one gets the impression of a happy childhood and the fact that all of the children managed to not only integrate but thrive in their lives in a more orderly society subsequently makes one somewhat curious in terms of trying some elements out. In essence it seems as if Robyn Scott has written the book that was meant to be her mother's life's work - on 'Living on the Fringe'.

While the book is written in a tone and with an innocence that will certainly make it readable for children, parents may want to think about that first - or else they could find themselves confronted with some hard to answer demands of their children in terms of schooling and life.

Furthermore, the book brings the love of Africa across fairly plastically and the hardships associated with it fade into the background, while the joy, thrill and vitality of it all is thrust to the fore throughout. On top of that, the author does a good job of informing the reader of the terrible AIDS crysis that swept the region at the time from a ringside seat, so to speak.

It is not a short book but as said by some other reviewers, one wishes for more in the end (it flows beautifully) but then again, as Godwin and Fuller have shown, there is always room for sequels to the story.

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Noel

All good things come to an end but the journey is great fun

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 19 novembre 2011

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This is a well written and recent memoir about growing up in Botswana. The author was born in New Zealand in 1981 and moved with her parents brother and sister to Botswana where all of her grandparents already live. Her father, a doctor, takes over ownership and responsibility for four rural clinics. This is a wonderfully unconventional family, mum home-schools the children in a very laid-back but effective manner while dad travels great distances to his clinics. But when all together their entertaining and chaotic family life packed with larger thanlife characters is a joy to read about.

After a few years living in a coverted cowshed next door to dad's father and his wife they make their dream move to a large farm on the banks of the Limpopo. The neighbouring farms are predominantly Afrikaans and all is not sweetness and light. AIDS becomes an overwhelming burden to dad as it sweeps through Botswana and 50% of his patients are dying from it. The children reach a point where structured education becomes necessary and the family is gradually dismantled. Children divided between Zimbabwe and South Africa while the parents hold the fort in Botswana. Only at holiday times are they all together and the glue that bound this iconclastic unit together is gradually losing its grip. Nevertheless the spirit of discovery, optimism and joy is maintained right to the end....almost.

A great tale, well told.

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Robbie

Fascinating childhood

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 26 marzo 2013

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First, a warning. There was not a kindle version at the time I ordered this book and I was dismayed at the tiny print of the paperback.

I loved the rich descriptions right down to the minutae of Botswana, the country, the people, the unconventional parents living on the fringe, the endless anecdotes, etc.

While some of it is described through the innocent eyes of a child, much of it is loaded with serious and factual detail that, intelligent as Robyn is, does not resonate with what she must have seen and experienced as a child at the time. Nothing necessarily wrong with that - just the style of the author.

One thing I felt was lost amid the detail was Robyn's real underlying emotions. For example, every last detail of the dry hot dust of Botswana is factually portrayed but for a child transplanted from a verdant temperate land I never really got a feel of the emotional impact of this. Similarly, when transplanting to boarding school it was pretty much matter of fact.

Maybe the emotion was there and I missed it, but on the whole I thoroughly enjoyment of this amazing alternative childhood story and the education it provided on a fascinating country.

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Clouds Hill

Warm and Engaging Memoir of a Childhood in Botswana

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 20 ottobre 2012

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I have just completed Twenty Chickens for a Saddle. Having grown up in Africa but having spent more than half my life now in the UK I was interested in reading about a country that I had never visited but found intriguing. I thoroughly enjoyed the traverse of Robyn Scott's early years growing up with mildly eccentric parents and experiencing the sort of exotic adventures that one generally only reads as fiction. I pretty much agree with all of the 5 star reviews and share their sentiments. I regret only that I didn't read this book when it was first published. I also read one of the 3 star reviews on Amazon.com where the book was described as disappointing by one reviewer in comparison to a couple of authors who have written about Zimbabwe over the last few years. It isn't Robyn's fault that she lived in a country which was relatively calm amd peaceful in comparison to the trauma experienced in Zimbabwe though she desribes very well the harrowing impact of AIDS in southern Afica.

There was one discordant note in the book arising from one solitary sentence on page 370 of the Bloomsbury edition. She says writing about a visit she had made to the parliament in Zimbabwe, "But as we stood atop the Heroes' Acre hill, and our guides began to narrate the years of white repression and brutality, the bloodshed, and the brave deeds of the black heroes whose tombs surrounded us...." I have no doubt that this was narrated to her precisely as she describes. However, as she chose not to make any subsequent editorial correction or give some balance when she came to write the book as a young adult some years later, one can only assume that she hasn't distanced herself from a somewhat ill informed comment casually writing off a period of history in a neighbouring country without attempting to look at an alternative perspective.

Nevertheless I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand a little more about the country so otherwise vividly brought to life by Alexander McCall Smith and to feel as if you are temporarily a part of a family for a decade or so; I was sad to get to the end.

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