Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #357045 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
Richard and Bookey Peek hadn't planned on adopting a warthog, any more than one would plan a tidal wave, a tornado or triplets, but at Stone Hills, natural disasters have a way of happening when you least expect them. Through Zimbabwe's darkest days, Stone Hills has become a world in itself, a place where you might share your shower with an owl or your bed with a baby squirrel, where crocodiles are named after unpopular guests and a rather special warthog named Poombi relinquishes her place on the sofa to return to the wild - much to her indignation.

Customer Reviews

Captivating
This is a fantastic book, i have recommended it to all my friends. I loved reading about all the different wildlife and the way of life in Africa, especially Poombi the warthog, who you cant help but fall in love with.

Chaotic and Inspriring
I imagine that if one sat down to afternoon tea at Stone Hills with Bookey Peek each afternoon for a month one would be regaled with the stories in this book.

The style of writing itself is much like that a friendly and frenetic chat.

The story of Poombi though, as the previous review also states - is the core of this book and one well worth reading.

If a story can MAKE one do anything Bookey Peek's book made me want to buy a bit of land in Southern Africa and rescue orphaned animals and birds.. and manage a slice of heaven and hell all rolled into one...

I recc. it to all those who have been to Africa (or long to go) and who spend their weekends wishing they were back there...

"All the Way Home" is a lovely book - just a whole heap of tales from Stone Hills, Zimbabwe pulled together by the recollections of the author and thoroughly immerses one in the sights, sounds and smell of her land. Would also make a great gift for any Africaphile or expat.

Great read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a very well written and also informative. I spent 52 years in Zimbabwe and it took me back to that wonderful country and its people. Well worth reading.