Robyn Scott

From Maine we move to Botswana and the true story of Robyn Scott childhood adventures. Twenty Chickens for a Saddle chronicles Ms. Scott's time as a child in this African country, having been uprooted from New Zealand at six years old. From the new cultures and customs, to the epidemic outbreak of AIDS, ... (more)Scott's story is funny, beautiful memoir of a life lived outside of normal.

Robyn will be speaking in the Saltair Room at the University of Utah Union building on April 23, 2008 at 12:00 p.m (noon). Seated is limited, so arrive early. Books will be available for purchase at the event (books are available now at the Campus Store and on the website) and and Robyn will be signing ... (more)copies after her speech.

The author describes her adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family.

"Robyn Scott will read from and sign her debut book Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood ($24.95 Penguin), her wonderful memoir of growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family. Like the witch doctors who compete with her father for patients, Scott weaves a spell ... (more)from the start of her book. Her funny, moving memoir, told with clear-eyed unsentimental affection, is about an idyllic childhood and a family's enthusiasm for each other and the world around them, with the essence of Africa - both beautiful and challenging - infusing every page."