Kenya 1957. During their childhood years in the Kenya Highlands three
girls from vastly different backgrounds becomes blood sisters, promising
that nothing will ever destroy the bond between them. But the legacy of
the Mau Mau rebellion and the tensions and upheavals of newly
independent Kenya tear their childhood dreams apart. Separated by
distance and by family obligation, the three young women are thrown into
a larger world of conflicting interests. Camilla Broughton-Smith becomes
a famous model in 1960s London. Sarah Mackay is sent to university in
her native Ireland, an alien experience which only strengthens her
resolve to return to Africa. Hannah van der Beer's family struggles to
retain the farm established by her Afrikaans forebears at the turn of
the century. Time and again their bond is almost destroyed. Their
friendship becomes a backdrop for competing love and broken promises.
Political unrest brings violence, and savage murder darkens their loves.
"Blood Sisters" is the story of painful transition, from the innocent
ideals of childhood to the demands of reality, amid the cataclysmic
events of the African continent.