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briandbremer 's review for:
West with the Night: A Memoir
by Beryl Markham
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
The namesake flight is easily the worst part of the book. That is both because there's not a lot to say about a rather uneventful flight (well, until she got to North America) and because Beryl Markham's life before that point was so eventful.
The stories about her childhood in Africa are fascinating as are her stories about her time as a horse trainer. She does an amazing job building up the drama in her stories but without any noticeable hyperbole for the most part.
I really recommend the book, but with the warning that animals (dogs, horses, and a parrot) are very much creatures living in Africa and are not safe from the native wildlife. So you need to steel yourself for those stories.
The stories about her childhood in Africa are fascinating as are her stories about her time as a horse trainer. She does an amazing job building up the drama in her stories but without any noticeable hyperbole for the most part.
I really recommend the book, but with the warning that animals (dogs, horses, and a parrot) are very much creatures living in Africa and are not safe from the native wildlife. So you need to steel yourself for those stories.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death