Elspeth Huxley
The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Vintage Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099577263
- author:
- Elspeth Huxley
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, Countries & Regions
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Flame Trees of Thika is a poignant and evocative memoir of Elspeth Huxley's childhood in Kenya, where her family's pioneering spirit and determination shaped their new life in the wilderness. With painstaking effort, they transformed a remote plot of land into a thriving farm, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and building a grass house from scratch.
This sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century is a love song to the harsh beauty of East Africa, where the author's family found a new home amidst the challenges of a foreign land. A beautifully written and deeply personal story, The Flame Trees of Thika is a captivating exploration of one family's experiences in a rapidly changing world.
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