Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
The Story of an African Childhood

Given the title and the description of a childhood in Africa, I had high hopes for this book based on similar books I have read. However, this one was rather boring. For most of the more than 400 pages, the childhood could have been that of any expat child almost anywhere, as the story featured the......more

Sono state pagine super interessanti che hanno quasi annullato la moltitudine di pagine, precisamente 540. Un libro tosto ma veramente istruttivo verso una cultura che nonostante tutto ci rimane ancora sconosciuta perché per mal informazioni è considerata arretrata. Leggendo questo libro vi sorprend......more

The other evening, myself and a few other Salt Lake City booksellers had the opportunity to meet Robyn Scott, author of the forthcoming book "Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of An African Childhood." She is a charming, gracious, beautiful young woman whose book I had read previous to our mee......more

How does one describe this book? It's about a very unconventional childhood in Botswana. A memoir of sorts written by the eldest daughter in a family full of characters. The family is white, and unlike the other white families in their area of Botswana- this family lives out in the bush, and are bel......more

Although not a book I might have chosen to read, as a selection for my Book Club, I’m glad I read it and found I enjoyed it. The family dynamic, the cultural aspects of a white child growing up in Botswana, the Aids epidemic in its early stages, created a varied story of the author’s life experience......more