The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley

When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home- five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination- building a grass ho...