Bookreview: African Ways

 A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure to have a special guest on this blog with
my Author in the picture blog post. It was the lovely Val Poore. (See more on 
this link).

Now I had the honour to read and review one of her books: African Ways. 

Summary

This is the story of a young woman's first encounters with rural South Africa.
Coming from the all-mods-cons society of Britain at the beginning of the 1980's,

the author is literally transplanted to a farm in the foothills of the Drakenberg
mountains in what is now Kwazulu Natal.

Once there, she finds her feet in the ways of Africa with the help of a charming 
elderly Dutch couple, an appealing but wily African farm hand, his practical
and motherly daughter and a wise and fascinating neighbour who has a fund
of local knowledge.

These are tales of a different kind of life, which include living without
electricity, hand-milking cows, drought, veld fires and mad-cap adventures
into the unknown.

They are stories told with deep affection and respect and above all a liberal dose
of tongue in-cheek humour. 

My review

While reading Val Poore's memoirs of South Africa, I regret I know so little
of that continent and its people. 

But luckily, African Ways gives the readers a glimpse of how the living is in
South Africa.

I enjoyed reading African Ways because it's short, clear and the stories are
true but sometimes so funny! 

Of course it was written very well. I also want to mention the fantastic
historical knowledge of Val Poore. 

I would recommend African Ways to all who like to read memoirs about
South Africa. I want to give with lots of pleasure a 5 * rating to this book.

We love memoirs group

I received a free copy via the We love memoirs group, the most friendliest
group on Facebook. 

Source picture: Book Cover