New York: Penguin Books, April 2000. Trade Paperback. Movie Tie-In Edition, first printing / full number line. Very Good+. Prior owner's name inside cover. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light edgewear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 315 pages.

At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman, divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir captures perfectly the magic of Kenya. Made into the motion picture starring Kim Basinger.

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At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman , divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir "captures perfectly the magic of Kenya" ( The New York TImes Book Review ).

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000003392
Title: I Dreamed of Africa (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Author: Kuki Gallmann
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Movie Tie-in Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0140287442
ISBN 13: 9780140287448
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: April 2000
Keywords: autobiography, biography, memoir, ranch, ranch life, ranches, Kenya
Bookseller catalogs: Africa; Biographies; Europe; Cinema, Films, Movies;
Size: 8vo

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