A story of a young lady returning to her beloved Africa after World War II. She has to deal with what is left after the war, with her houseboy, local help, other European friends. She learns that there are diseases and emergencies that can't be dealt with, this far from Nairobi. ...
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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 o...
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Janice West persuades Vachell to investigate the mysterious incidents that are spreading suspician and fear throughout a farming community in colonial East Africa. A trampled maize crop, a pet dog killed, a German farmer poisoned ... Is Vachell next?....
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