Sean Connery Book:

Editorial Review:
At the age of 25, divorced, crippled by an accident, Kuki Gallmann left to convalesce in Kenya with her friend Paolo Gallmann, who was soon to become her husband. So begins a journey that takes her to the extremities of human experience. In Kenya she and Paolo explore lakes, desert and tropical coastline before buying a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau. The years bring a succession of discoveries and delights, but increasingly these are interspersed with dangers and premonitions. When her life with Paolo ends as violently as it had started, Kuki is left with her 14-year-old son Emanuele, an unborn baby and 90,000 acres of Africa to look after. There follow years of recovery and hope: the birth of Paolo's golden-haired daughter Sveva; the emergence of Emmanuele from a boy fond of hunting and fishing into a youth with a love for motorbikes and girls. But Emanuele has one passion that proves fatal - snakes. The last chapters epitomize the victory of friendship, courage and imagination over the cruellest tragedies. Through her dedication to the hills, gorges, elephant herds and tribespeople of Laikipia, the devotion of her friends and the love of her daughter, the author has forged a new life for herself and founded the Gallmann Foundation - a living memorial to her husband and son, dedicated to exploring new ways of combining development and conservation.

I Dreamed of Africa Reviews:
not bad
2009-10-01 - I was curious to see if others would pick up on the total lack of Africans in this book about Africa. From the reviews, it looks like many did.

That was my first reaction. All the Africans she deals with are servants. When she describes visiting some new place, she lists a few Europeans that she visits. !

I wasn't particularly turned off by her privileged life, and that she could afford a ranch the size of San Francisco, like another reviewer said.

The other thing that really annoyed me was how she thought African children were getting corrupted by modern ways or something like that. Like other kids, African children should of course learn to appreciate the natural beauty of their country, and so on, but should also be studying math and science, and improving their living conditions.

On the whole, this is very much a woman's book. Don't know how else to put it.

I Dreamed of Africa
2009-01-31 - I was very satisfied with the process of ordering and the speedy delivery of the book. It was the icing on the cake that the book was in such good condition. I am extremely satisfied with my purchase experience.

I Dreamed of Kuki's Africa-so I went
2008-04-14 - I did volunteer work at Kuki's Ol Ari Nyrio in 11/07 and it was the most amazing experience of my life. I also had dinner with Kuki and she is an artist- attentive, creative, intelligent, and misses nothing. Africa is a place like no other-you cannot expect the norm - truth is always more interesting & stranger than fiction, remember. Kuki is an amazing person and the work she has done for the people & animals in the area, without spoiling the natural habitat or trying to change the people's ways, is well told. The death of her son and husband, so tragic, has led her to different levels in life, where so much work has been done for the good of generations to come. Read her books-they are wonderful!

A captivating story of Africa, personal courage and love
2007-02-21 - I Dreamed of Africa is a fascinating, compelling story of an indominatable, larger than life individual, Kuki Gallman, and her life's journey from aristocratic beginnings in Italy to settling in the Great Rift Valley area of Kenya, Africa, with her adventuring, glamorous second husband, Paolo and her son Emanuele. The book is a personal and touching story of discovery, transformation, overcoming major tragedy, and the land, dreams and hopes of Kuki's Africa.

OUTRAGOUS!
2006-10-20 - It was a heart warming story and its one of the things where the book is better than the movie. And it is so sad that it makes it good. I love it and going to get the movie when it comes out and also I'm going to save the book for a long time.