Talk, Q & A and Drinks on 'The Last Resort: A Zimbabwe memoir'
Organiser:Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK)
Location:10 Woburn Walk, London WC1H 0JL.
Date:13 Apr 2010 -
13 Apr 2010
The Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK) invites you to a talk, Q&A and drinks with
Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort: A Zimbabwe memoir – Radio 4 Book of the Week 12th-15th April
In The Last Resort, journalist Douglas Rogers tells the eye-opening, harrowing and, at times, surprisingly funny story of his parents’ struggle for survival in war-torn Zimbabwe.
For many years, Lyn and Ros Rogers were the owners of Drifters, a famous game farm and backpacker lodge in the eastern mountains. But when President Robert Mugabe launched his violent land reclamation programme, everything changed. The Rogers found their home under siege, their friends and neighbours expelled, and their lives in danger. But instead of leaving, as their son pleaded with them to do, they hauled out a shotgun and stayed. The Last Resort is travelogue, adventure yarn, political intrigue and tragedy – but at its heart it is a love story about the author and his homeland.
“A gorgeous, open-hearted book. Rogers manages to do the vital work of taking race out of Zimbabwe’s story and putting the heart and humanity back into it. A must read for anyone who really wants to understand the extraordinary decency of ordinary Zimbabweans”
Alexandra Fuller, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.
Date: Tuesday, April 13th
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: To Hell with Books, 10 Woburn Walk, London WC1H 0JL
RSVP: Rita Payne
ritapayne@hotmail.com
07834 845240
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