Review by R. J. H.
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A Patch of Africa is a series of poignant stories of Joan Smith's life in Africa over a
period of thirteen years. All those questions I have always wanted to ask about what it
was like for the wife with a young family to have to uproot and make a home far from
family and friends in totally different surroundings are finally answered! Each chapter
tells of an episode in her life in Tanganyika, of the people she met, the sights, sounds
and smells of an Africa she came to love; of the everyday dangers of wild animals, the
threat of rabies, insects; coping with the children, servants, language etc. This is a
thoroughly enjoyable book, written with great warmth and feeling. I was pleased to see
the photographs of some of the people and places mentioned and the maps of the area
in which the family lived and travelled. I can honestly say I could hardly put it down!
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Author
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Joan I. Smith
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Published
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1991
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Pages
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232
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Publisher
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F. G. Smith
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ISBN
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0958753814
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Availability
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Abebooks
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