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The Flame Trees of Thika Memories of an African Childhood

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The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail.
     
In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers among the Kikuyu people, 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.

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9780099577263
Paperback, 5th Edition
ISBN13: 9780099577263
Vintage Classics, 2014

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