Natives and strangers

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From back cover: A sweeping novel about a woman torn between her British heritage and her African homeland. Marietta Hamilton grows up amidst the turbulence of the Mau Mau Rebellion and the cataclysmic changes independence brought to East Africa and to all those who lived there. A deep childhood friendship with an African family, a marriage to a charming but restless white hunter, a passionate attraction to a black politician will all affect Marietta's destiny. But it is the vast African landscape that truly shapes her heart and mind.