tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post426328081650561192..comments2024-03-26T14:59:45.234-07:00Comments on Vintage Reads: Women in AfricaVintage Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-27041625167976516252010-09-30T11:56:34.308-07:002010-09-30T11:56:34.308-07:00I loved this book.
You may not be old enough to ...I loved this book. <br /><br />You may not be old enough to remember but years ago public telelvision in the US rebroadcast a British version of the book with Hayley Mills as the mother It was wonderful. <br /><br />Something to look for.<br /><br />Huxley also wrote a few mysteries.<br /><br />I love your blog!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567913903786847347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-2253347213514735852010-09-16T09:36:06.363-07:002010-09-16T09:36:06.363-07:00I have this and so look forward to reading it! Did...I have this and so look forward to reading it! Did you ever see the television production with Hayley Mills? It was so good that I still remember it all these years later.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-51790137086918290682010-09-13T19:27:38.516-07:002010-09-13T19:27:38.516-07:00Thank you for reminding me of a long ago read. I l...Thank you for reminding me of a long ago read. I loved it when I read it for a book discussion group I was in so many years ago. Long before blogs and such, I probably wouldn't have picked it had I not been in a group.<br /><br />You are on a roll here. You might want to try The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway. Her memoirs of growing up in Australia and the repressive climate for women intellectually. She eventually comes to the States and becomes the first female president of Smith College.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-65244060150235065662010-09-13T13:55:52.889-07:002010-09-13T13:55:52.889-07:00This sounds so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :...This sounds so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :-)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-61906807489315252952010-09-13T03:55:00.960-07:002010-09-13T03:55:00.960-07:00Glad you enjoyed it! I went in search of my copy a...Glad you enjoyed it! I went in search of my copy after mentioning it to you and it is next on my TBR pile!<br />I agree with Eva that you would enjoy Beryl Markham's book - she was quite a character!LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-85283372224069914932010-09-12T20:18:39.861-07:002010-09-12T20:18:39.861-07:00Have you read Beryl Markham's West With the Ni...Have you read Beryl Markham's West With the Night? I bet you'd enjoy that one too!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-84533317555128454882010-09-12T09:04:20.828-07:002010-09-12T09:04:20.828-07:00Sounds excellent, I know Out of Africa but have no...Sounds excellent, I know Out of Africa but have not come across The Flame Trees of thika... I should look it up<br /><br />Thanks for another lovely post<br /><br />HannahHannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-72870157508400976932010-09-11T17:42:02.486-07:002010-09-11T17:42:02.486-07:00I hadn't heard of Elspeth Huxley before, and s...I hadn't heard of Elspeth Huxley before, and she sounds really interesting! I do enjoy a good memoir now and then.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-29819139827120885252010-09-11T15:04:26.322-07:002010-09-11T15:04:26.322-07:00I also love The Flame Trees of Thika. Reading pos...I also love The Flame Trees of Thika. Reading posts about women in Africa makes me think I should reread the Martha Quest series by Doris Lessing.<br /><br />As far as I know, there are only two volumes of Huxley's autobiography and I wish there were more..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-48855450035406655102010-09-10T18:54:55.091-07:002010-09-10T18:54:55.091-07:00This sounds wonderful. Apart from the poor pekinge...This sounds wonderful. Apart from the poor pekingese!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com