Flame Trees of Thika Memories of an African Childhood

"There remains a book that gives much pleasure, quick, warm and highly evocative. Her descriptions of Africa are superb. She seems to define the indefinable quality of the country, where so many others, dabbling in mystique, have failed...Though it cannot help throwing an oblique light on politics, Mrs. Huxley's book is not about politics or race--these things she has dealt with in more appropriate contexts--but about something it is good to hear and valuable to have on record--the happiness and joy of a life that was, essentially, of Africa."Huxley, Elspeth is the author of 'Flame Trees of Thika Memories of an African Childhood', published 2000 under ISBN 9780141183787 and ISBN 0141183780.