Lions in the Garden

By Alison J Kirk

In Lions in the Garden, Alison J Kirk shares a rich and heartfelt collection of childhood memories from her family's life in Africa during the 1960s.

From rubber estates and boarding school days to wildlife encounters, family traditions, local communities and the everyday surprises of life in Malawi and Rhodesia, this memoir captures a world that was beautiful, unpredictable and often challenging. Told with honesty, humour and warmth, the stories reveal the wonder of childhood while also reflecting on the social attitudes, cultural tensions and difficult realities of the time.

At its heart, this is a memoir about family, resilience, adventure and growing up in a place where ordinary days could quickly become extraordinary. Both entertaining and reflective, Lions in the Garden invites readers into a vanished world through the eyes of a child who saw danger, kindness, confusion and courage all around her.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1807250849
• ISBN13: 9781807250843
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Cambridge Book Publishing
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"