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 behavior 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.
