Travel Light, Move Fast

Written by:
Alexandra Fuller
Narrated by:
Alexandra Fuller

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
38
Narrator
13
Release Date
August 2019
Duration
7 hours 24 minutes
Summary
From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well lived Six months before he died in Budapest, Tim Fuller turned to his daughter: 'Let me tell you the secret to life right now, in case I suddenly give up the ghost. You wouldn't want me taking all this wisdom with me to the grave.' Then he lit his pipe, and stroked his dog's, Harry's, head. Harry put his paw on his lap and they sat there the two of them, one man and his dog, keepers to the secret of life. 'Well?' she asked. 'Nothing comes to mind quite honestly, Bobo,' he said, with some surprise. 'Now that I think about it, maybe there isn't a secret to life. What do you think Harry?' Harry gave Dad a look of utter agreement. He was a very superior dog. 'Well, there you have it,' Dad said. After her father's sudden death, Alexandra Fuller realizes that if she is going to weather his loss, she will need to become the parts of him she misses most. So begins TRAVEL LIGHT, MOVE FAST, the unforgettable story of Tim Fuller, a self-exiled black sheep who moved to Africa to fight in the Rhodesian War before settling as a banana farmer in Zambia. A man who preferred chaos to predictability, to revel in promise rather than wallow in regret, and was more afraid of becoming bored than of getting lost, he taught his daughters to live as if everything needed to happen altogether, all at once - or not at all. Now in the wake of his death, Fuller internalizes his lessons with clear eyes, and celebrates a man who swallowed life whole. A master of time and memory, Fuller moves seamlessly between the days and months following her father's death as she and her mother return to his farm with his ashes and contend with his overwhelming absence, and her childhood spent running after him in southern and central Africa. Writing with reverent irreverence of the rollicking grand misadventures of her mother and father, bursting with pandemonium and tragedy, Fuller takes their insatiable appetite for life to heart. Here, in Fuller's Africa, is a story of joy, resilience, and vitality, from one of our finest writers.
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Evelyn P.

I really enjoyed this, very entertaining! I could relate to a lot of her childhood memories. The final part of the book knocked me for six, so unexpected.

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Jacklyn V.

This was the most strange book I have ever read or heard. The characters were the most extrinsic I have ever encountered !! Yet they’re part of a true story !!?? The ending almost sounded like a different story line ! Recommendations would be “Limited”

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CatherineBrennon

I didn’t enjoy this book. I found the characters pompous and arrogant - and very irritating. They are the people I most like to avoid in life. However, my heart went out to the author in the epilogue. It sounded more real and authentic than the rest of the book. I don’t think I would read another of her books again though.

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