{"product_id":"the-flame-trees-of-thika-9780099577263","title":"The Flame Trees Of Thika","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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 house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley's unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn enchantment and a joy to read * Books and Bookmen *\u003cbr\u003eShe knows East Africa and she loves it - the people, black and white, and the wild beauty of its countryside - with a critical and understanding sympathy * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn accomplished story-teller, she weaves anecdotes, character sketches, political history together without losing her thread or the reader's momentum * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eWhat a marvellous writer...and what a Kenya it was * Financial Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732308013399,"sku":"9780099577263","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099577263.jpg?v=1719996353","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-flame-trees-of-thika-9780099577263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}