Ann Rothrock Beattie

Tengwe Garden Club - My Story of Zimbabwe Ann Rothrock Beattie 1st edition

North Carolina native Ann Rothrock Beattie has produced an autobiographical account of her unique and endearing love story that began on a safari in Zimbabwe, Africa. Her safari love affair eventually lands her in rural Africa on a tobacco farm, where she deals with the challenges and delights of living in Tengwe, Zimbabwe. In her memoir, Ann Beattie gives an open and honest account of various wildlife encounters, a charming community life and the many people she came to know during her time there, and, of course, the love of her life Dave Beattie. "Tengwe Garden Club - My Story of Zimbabwe" is set against the backdrop of the increasingly unstableland tyrannical rule of dictator Robert Mugabe. Mrs. Beattie, her family and their community are ultimately forced to make difficult decisions when their lives and lands come into jeopardy as a result of the corrupt political climate in which they live. Over the past three years, Mrs. Beattie has worked on this project and is now able to share her story with the world. She says, "So many times, I have been asked to tell my story. I am so pleased to have written it now so that the world can know about my amazing experience, but more importantly, the world can know about what really happened in Zimbabwe."