[PDF.07mc] The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

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 | #1156718 in Books |  Weidenfeld n Nicolson |  1987-10 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 287 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| I loved this book|By Eva Melusine Thieme|Set in early 20th Century Kenya, this book reminded me of Beryl Markham's West With the Night, or even Out of Africa. Eslpeth Huxley retells her childhood growing up in a family of English settlers, who, new to Africa, rather naively purchased some land unseen and nevertheless somehow make a go of it. As an only child she is often left t| |In 1913, at the age of six, Elspeth Huxley accompanied her parents from England to their recently acquired land in Kenya, "a bit of El Dorado my father had been fortunate enough to buy in the bar of the Norfolk hotel from a man wearing an Old Etonian tie." The

In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered—the hard way—the world of the African. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of humor, Huxley recalls her childhood on the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that was as harsh as it was beautiful. For a young gi...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood   |  Elspeth Huxley.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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