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Elspeth Huxley was a journalist who grew up in Kenya and became a major chronicler of the "Settler" or European point of view on Kenyan history. Her earlier memoir, "Flames Trees of Thika" records her childhood on a settler farm and is charming mainly for its vivid descriptions and for her ability to express a child's confused perspective on the adult prejudices and actions she witnessed. "Out in the Midday Sun" covers Huxley's more adult impressions of Kenya. While she focuses on her trip to Ke
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Jun 17, 2010
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
