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Book Review of The Flame Trees of Thika : Memories of an African Childhood (Elspeth Huxley's Childhood Memoirs, Bk 1)

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The book shared more of the family's experiences than the Masterpiece Theater film did, made in the '60s or '70s. The family had a much more difficult time establishing their coffee farm in the African bush than Isak Dinesen during the same era. I thoroughly enjoyed the book..