aliciakeys 's review for:

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller

3.0

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At first I found the book to be a bit disjointed. It was set up to feel like an apology letter to Fuller's mom for her first book "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight", referenced throughout this memoir as the Awful Book. It wasn't until after about 130 pages that I felt a story was emerging -- but it was similar to the one I read before. It has been a long time since I read the first book, so it's hard to tell what new nuances Fuller offers. I liked it well enough, but I recall liking the first much better. She referenced the bad stuff, but sugar coated the details.