A durable fire / Barbara & Stephanie Keating.
Material type:
TextSeries: Keating, Barbara. Langani trilogy ; 2.Publisher: London, England : Vintage, 2007Copyright date: ©2006Description: 561 pages : map ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780099501695 (paperback)
- 823.92 23
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | KEAT | Available | T00814844 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 wildlife, 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 a secret hangs over Langani, overshadowing the friends' efforts to establish themselves in the volatile circumstances of a new African nation...
This superb sequel to Blood Sisters is a breathtaking saga of friendship, soaring hope and redemption.
Originally published: London: Harvill & Secker, 2006.
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.