A Durable Fire

Author:
Stephanie Keating; Barbara Keating
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A Durable Fire

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3 women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood. With the help of an Indian journalist , the 3 girls uncover the truth about the murder of Sarah's fiance, and the attacks on the farm and on their lives. This book confronts loss, happiness, savagery and degradation, limitless beauty, soaring hope and redemption.

Long description

In the first years of Kenyan independence, three young women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood. Hannah is struggling to preserve her heritage at Langani Farm, where a series of unexplained and violent attacks threaten her security and recent marriage. Sarah is studying elephant behaviour in an area made dangerous by armed poachers, using her work as a salve for the death of her childhood sweetheart. Camilla, the international fashion icon, abandons her career in London and is drawn back to Kenya by her love for a charismatic hunter and safari guide. But there is a secret that hangs over Langani, overshadowing their efforts to establish themselves in the volatile circumstances of a new African nation. With the help of an ambitious Indian journalist , the three girls gradually uncover the truth about the murder of Sarah's fiance, and the continuing attacks on the farm and on their lives. The passions and hardships experienced by these unforgettable heroines, united again in their friendship and their love for the country of their childhood, make a magnificent, epic novel.;This superb sequel to "Blood Sisters" confronts catastrophic loss and delirious happiness, savagery and degradation, limitless beauty, soaring hope and redemption.

Product details

Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
ISBN:
9780099501695
Publication date:
April 2008
Length:
196mm
Width:
130mm
Thickness:
41mm
Weight:
386g
Edition:
New Edition
Pages:
561
Illustrations:
Illustrated
Illustrated:
Illustrated

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