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A Spear of Summer Grass
by Deanna Raybourn
It's 1923 in Colonial Kenya and a scandalous young socialite is sent there to rusticate until her latest misbehavior is forgotten. As always in fiction though, there is far more good and strength to Delilah than appears at first, even nobility.
The love story plot here is superficially between Delilah and Ryder, a Canadian hunter and guide, who loves Africa to his soul. The real love story is that of Delilah and Africa, something she can only admit once she let's go of her ghosts and stops punishing herself.
While at times the characters and their actions were too contemporary for the historical period of the book, I thought the setting was particularly rich and evocative. I could almost smell the animals, see the red dust raised by the vehicles, hear the hyenas, and taste the smokey tea. Not since reading 'Deadly Safari' by Karin McQuillen have I read something pushing me to book a safari.
I read this as my book with a season in title (summer) for the 2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge.
The love story plot here is superficially between Delilah and Ryder, a Canadian hunter and guide, who loves Africa to his soul. The real love story is that of Delilah and Africa, something she can only admit once she let's go of her ghosts and stops punishing herself.
While at times the characters and their actions were too contemporary for the historical period of the book, I thought the setting was particularly rich and evocative. I could almost smell the animals, see the red dust raised by the vehicles, hear the hyenas, and taste the smokey tea. Not since reading 'Deadly Safari' by Karin McQuillen have I read something pushing me to book a safari.
I read this as my book with a season in title (summer) for the 2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge.