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Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott: Allen & Unwin

This is the extraordinary story of the Scott family’s fifteen years in Botswana, during which Robyn’s mother single-handedly home-schooled her three children, whilst her husband ran a flying doctor practice, attempting, with often unexpected results, to adapt his experience to the unique demands of a rural practice and the growing problem of AIDS. Set against the backdrop of one of Africa’s rare democratic success stories battling with one of the continent’s worst AIDS crises, this book remains an uplifting, engaging and deeply affectionate portrayal of an extraordinary place and family.
About Robyn Scott
Robyn Scott was born in 1981. She began her formal education at fifteen when she went to school in Zimbabwe, before moving to Auckland for her undergraduate degree. In 2004 she was awarded a scholarship to Cambridge University, from where she graduated with distinction. In 2005, she spent three months at the Financial Times, writing leader articles. Following this she divided her time between helping her father write a book on nutritional medicine and consulting for the pharmaceutical industry and a political risk advisory group specialising in Africa. In her spare time, she is establishing an AIDS orphan charity with her mother. She lives in London.