Catharine Withenay

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The two years that Catharine had thought would be an eternity have become one year that isn’t long enough. She begins to wonder: could her family’s time in Africa possibly be extended? Could they settle more permanently?

In Beware the Falling Avocados Catharine returns to Lusaka ready to contend with cockroaches, prepared to cope with fuel and water shortages and keen to tour the country with The Bishop and The Professor… only for an unexpected turn of events to throw all her plans into confusion.

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In the Shade of the Mulberry Tree: a year in Zambia

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Organising her husband toddler and babe in arms, three suitcases, two rucksacks, a pram and a travel cot onto a plane ready for a new life in Zambia is complicated enough. Given Catharine’s fear of malaria and tropical diseases and the anxieties of moving beyond the reach of friends and family, she wonders how she was persuaded to move at all. Then, just as they approach the airport, it appears that they don’t have their passports.

In the Shade of the Mulberry Tree is a heartwarming and thought provoking tale about Catharine Withenay’s first year living abroad as an expatriate wife. She chronicles her family’s adventures as they settle into a new culture far from home. Nothing is as simple as it should be, from buying furniture to getting a haircut. As she copes with motherhood and the injustices of poverty and healthcare in Zambia she wonders: could she ever come to call this place home?