Reunion in Barsaloi

Very good read.

To be able to return to Kenya 14 years later is a miracle. It was very well written and brought back all the wonder of her first book..White Masai. Now I am off to find the movie 16 years after it was filmed.

This book continues Corinne’s journey through life with poise, realism and gratitude for your life’s adventure and relationships. I recommend each of her books highly as I could not put any of them down.

I'd been looking forward to reading this book for a long time, so I was excited when I finally got it as an ebook for my Kindle. That was the first mistake: it didn't come with the photos which accompanied the regular book and which added to its charm. Then the story is less gripping than the first book by this author, slightly repetitive and not very rich. What put me off most however was the amount of printing mistakes in the text, varying from spelling mistakes to repetitions of words. I don't think I'll reread it or recommend it.

Such a riveting nostalgic return to her former life. It took courage for the author to do this. I felt that this return was a “must-do” for her so that she could reconcile her former life with the life she is currently living.

This book is a great ending to the tale of Corinne who described her African life in 'The white Masai', followed by her tale of return to Switzerland and finally finished with this reunion with her African family. This book needs to be read after the two earlier parts as it gives an account of the come back to the life in Africa she had lived some fifteen years earlier.

It must have taken quite an encouragement to go back to Africa and meet up with her ex husband and family. Very good reading,I enjoyed it very much.

Written with heart. My only wish is that Ms. Hofmann could have taken her Masai husband with her to Europe at one point - if only to see what the other world is like. I lived in Kenya back in the 70's and know what she must have gone through living at the manyatta and I congratulate her on sticking it out as long as she did. As well, I can easily see how she would have been fascinated by this particular group of people. Nevertheless, some things are not always meant to be forever - even when there is something so precious as a child between two people of such different cultures.

The White Masai（邦訳：マサイの恋人）で情熱的な異文化間の恋愛と破綻を経験した筆者（スイス人女性）が１４年ぶりにマサイの村に戻り、別れた彼、そして村の人たちと再会する話です。 さすがに１４年も経って、二人とも中年となり、感情も落ち着いたものになっています。前作があまりに衝撃的だっただけに、そのようなハラハラ感を期待してこの作品を読むとがっかりするかもしれません。でも、人生ってそんなものですよね。筆者も、自分のことだけで精一杯だった以前のマサイ生活とは違い、少し距離を置いて、マサイの村に支援していくことを考えるようになっています。 筆者はこの時、一人でマサイの村を訪ねており、娘さんを連れて帰ってはいません。娘さんがスイスとマサイの橋渡しとして今後、どんな風に育っていくのかが個人的には楽しみです。

Such an interesting series of books. I love Africa as lived for 46 years in Zimbabwe. We left 7 years ago and still miss it.

To appreciate this book you must read "the White Massai". It is the story of a young Swiss white girl who goes to Africa on a trip, falls in love with a black "warrior" of the Massai tribe in Kenya and marries him. This book is the last of her story of this experience, and the tale of a heart warming reunion with her black family some years later. It is a story of how much a land and it's people can change in a relatively short time.It ends a good biography, and is an excellent translation from the German.

a simple story told with too many words.. and a lack of content. maybe the author should not keep the real line of her life story and create a novel just inspired by it. the language is quite poor. many of today's bloggers (without reputing themselves "writers") are able to do much better

I already had the other two books in the series and had read this one on kindle. I enjoyed the series so much I decided to buy the third one and keep for future enjoyment and for my friends to read. As I lived in South Africa for 25 years a lot of the african things meant something to me and I had also been to Kenya briefly.