When Ann and Ziggy Patras uproot from England in 1980 and head off with their three young children to live and work in deepest Africa, they have no idea what they are letting themselves in for. While prepared for sunshine and storms 13º south of the equator, the Patras family are ill-equipped for much else. Interspersed with snippets from Ann’s letters home, this crazy story describes encounters ranging from lizards to lions, servants to shopping shortages, and cockroaches to curfews.

Having completed their first chaotic year in Zambia in the early 1980s, the Patras family have grown to love the vagaries of Africa. Will they settle down to normality in that sunny and unhurried atmosphere? Unfortunately, normality is not a word generally associated with this family. Simple things like buying a vehicle, going on holiday, camping trips and moving house take on a different slant when undertaken the Patras way. Join the Patras family during their next three years of fun and mayhem, as they get More Into Africa.

Four years after leaving England to live in Zambia, the Patras family are still enjoying their lives in the African sun, when they relocate to the country’s capital city and embark upon a whole new set of challenges. Naturally, the family embraces these in their inimitable crazy way with the chaos, tears and laughter we have come to expect from this author. Join the Patras family now, where they are Much More Into Africa.