The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
by Elspeth Huxley
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Author: Elspeth HuxleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-02-01
ISBN: 0141183780
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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- ISBN13: 9780141183787
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Summary: 4 Stars
I thought the book was very good as far as it went. Since the author evidently wrote from childs view 40 yrs after the fact she could have attached parenthetical elaborations that would have make events more clear.
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Summary of The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
New editions of Elspeth Huxley's stirring account of her childhood in Kenya and her novel of the destructive forces of colonization.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 girl, it was a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the beauty and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.
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