Memories are Gold!
A once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to Africa with her best friend, Lily, has just dropped in Fern’s lap. Friends since teenagers, but adults now living miles apart, they rarely see each other in person.
Each one starts the trip excited, but with burdens. When Fern was arranging her time off, she discovered she would not have a job to come home to. Her company had been purchased, and they no longer needed her.
Lily comes worried about her marriage. She and her husband are workaholics. It has been a long time since they have made time for each other. Lily wonders what type of marriage she will come home to.
As their trip progresses, and they discover the beauty and majesty of Africa, their burdens become less.
Giraffes visit their hotel rooms, sticking their heads in to eat out of Fern and Lily’s hands. They see a lion and his family in the wild. Along the way, they sample food new to them–some good, some not–and meet people that will remain in their memories for the rest of their lives. They even have a very funny experience involving a live chicken, an open car window, and the frenetic traffic in Nairobi.
Robin Jones Gunn, the author, has written scores of books, and has never written anything I did not think was a home run. That is true of this book, too. This amazing story is set against incredible things that are in Africa. Everything is described so well, you will believe you were on this adventure, and that Lily and Fern are your new best friends.
The two women have life changing incidents, and soul-touching events. I highly recommend this five-plus-star book to everyone who likes adventure, trying new things, or reading well-written tales.
Thank you, Revell Books, for providing Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, “Tea with Elephants,” by Robin Jones Gunn, for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner. All opinions expressed are my own, and I was not required, or influenced, to give anything but an honest appraisal.
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