Remarkable, beautifully written and fantastically entertaining… a compulsive read

[An] honest, powerful and moving memoir

[An] urgent, eloquently fearless book

[A] bold, brave memoir of [Fuller’s] emancipation from the past

Fuller doesn’t write misery memoirs. She writes warm, humorous and honest memoirs, and Leaving Before the Rains Come is another must-read

What sets [the book] apart is Fuller’s prose, as biting and beautiful as ever. It is often laugh-out-loud-funny too

A poetic and powerful account of a troubled marriage, sensitive, frank and full of insight into the human condition

[A] hauntingly beautiful memoir

Unquestionable is the lucid beauty of Fuller’s prose and her courage in producing it

A trenchant yet riveting examination of what [Alexandra Fuller] calls the “culture” of the end of a marriage

[Fuller] is so compassionate, funny and un-bitter, and her straight-shooting yet graceful prose is the real thing

This fascinating memoir is by turns hilarious and utterly heartbreaking in charting 20 years of marriage… Searingly and disconcertingly honest

Leaving Before the Rains Come is a drama of expatriation, exploring in searching terms…an imagined return of the native. It carries memoir beyond candour towards a place in literature

[A] readable, often hilarious, but always frank account

Fuller writes about making mistakes, living with grief and depression, coping with loss, with incredible insight and honesty. We raced through this book

A powerful, emotionally honest account of a relationship falling apart.

A riveting account of the disintegration of a marriage… Revelatory without ascribing blame. Fuller writes without bitterness or partiality, illuminating the universal by a powerful illustration of the particular.

Foulds’ prose is superb… It reads like Catch-22 written by Evelyn Waugh.

It’s an ambitious book and the writer relates his story with poetic precision

Told in a language that is both lyrical and stark The Tusk that Did the Damage should win Tania James praise and laurels from those readers who long for a more penetrating look at environmental issues and the moral questions which accompany them’.