Each chapter follows one of these ten trips, eventually revealing a family secret that changes the way Godwin sees his entire life. Spaning from 1996 to 2004, the memoir follows both Godwin's aging and declining parents, and the decline of his native country. Though his father eventually recovers, Godwin decides to visit his parents, which becomes the first in a series of ten trips taken over the last eight years of his father's life. The doctors believe that he is going to die soon there is little chance for recovery. He learns that his father's heart is failing, and he is in the hospital. As the book opens, Godwin receives a phone call from his aging mother. Published in 2006, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a continuation of Mukiwa, Godwin's memoir about his childhood memories. With each chapter structured as a separate trip back to Zimbabwe, Godwin uncovers the decline of the nation after its independence and its descent from a promising country to a place of corruption and poverty under President Robert Mugabe. The book is a revealing portrait of Godwin's travel, but his experience writing as a journalist gives the book an added edge. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a memoir by Peter Godwin, a white African born and raised in Zimbabwe, who frequently returns as an adult to visit his aging, retired parents in his home country.
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