For God's Sake Saddle Me a Donkey
By (Author) Dinah Priestley
Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
28th November 2017
New Zealand
General
Non Fiction
910.41
Paperback
128
Width 148mm, Height 210mm
Are you mad friends shrieked when they heard that Dinah and her husband, along with another couple, were planning to take two toddlers with them, driving overland in an clapped-out ex-army truck, all the way from NZ to London. Pakistan! Afghanistan! Those children will be dead before you reach London! Well, they were wrong. Yes, they faced perils and dealt with disasters along the way. But what they hadnt expected was the heart-warming generosity of people they met, rich and poor, and their instant rapport with the two-year-old children. Maharajahs, missionaries, madmen and mayhem all feature in Dinah Priestleys rollicking account of the delights and dangers of travel.
Dinah has always managed to make the direst of adventures sound like a hilarious and entertaining Sunday stroll. This one is a great read and the most hair-raising of all. Jenny Pattrick