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The flame trees of thika memories of an african childhood by. First edition of the authors autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her fathers coffee plantation in kenya. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The flame trees of thika does this novel evoke africa. The author recalls her childhood in colonial kenya, just prior to the outbreak of ww1. It was adapted by john hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same title by elspeth huxley, and is set in and around the town of thika in kenyas central province.
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