![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A chameleon becomes his personal pet, and their relationship later develops into a central theme here. During the day, he follows native housekeeper Marta around as she goes about her chores, and he finds pleasure in watching the exotic wildlife outside his window. In the early years-with his brother absent-young Tim must find his own way. His older brother, Johnathan, is sent off to boarding school at Bingham Academy-the main school for foreign, or ferengi, children and a place that eventually becomes integral to the author’s own experience. The jarring sounds, intoxicating scents and colorful sights all come alive before him like fireworks. Bascom, son of missionaries, illuminates the Ethiopia of his childhood in this Bakeless Prize–winning memoir.Īfter arriving in Addis Ababa as a toddler, Bascom senses the teeming life that surges in the countryside surrounding the capital city. ![]()
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