Raised by eccentric grandparents at Annesgrove, an Irish stately home, Diana Duff grew up surrounded by family ghosts, banshees and buried treasure. At 18, Diana entered the glamorous world of 1950s Kenya, becoming a stand-in for Grace Kelly before embarking on a career as a nurse. After marrying a young officer in the Colonial Service, Diana spent her nights shivering and alone, gun in hand, as the Mau Mau rebellion threatened to engulf her. Moving to Tanganyika, Diana went on to found the first inter-racial nursery school ...
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Raised by eccentric grandparents at Annesgrove, an Irish stately home, Diana Duff grew up surrounded by family ghosts, banshees and buried treasure. At 18, Diana entered the glamorous world of 1950s Kenya, becoming a stand-in for Grace Kelly before embarking on a career as a nurse. After marrying a young officer in the Colonial Service, Diana spent her nights shivering and alone, gun in hand, as the Mau Mau rebellion threatened to engulf her. Moving to Tanganyika, Diana went on to found the first inter-racial nursery school in East Africa before a transfer saw the family shifting to South Africa in the 1960s at the height of apartheid.
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Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $3.69, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Summerdale Pub.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $14.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Summersdale Publishers.
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Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $15.02, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Summersdale Publishers.
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Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $15.12, fair condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Summersdale Publishers.
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Fair. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $15.50, new condition, Sold by Pumpkin Wholesale Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Abingdon, Oxon, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2021 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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New. 'Duff is a natural storyteller. Her deadpan humour, ear for the vernacular and shrewd insight into the history of Ireland and Africa raises it above the genre of misty-eyed nostalgia. It's a terrific read. '-Michele Magwood, South African Sunday TimesRaised by her eccentric grandparents at Annes Grove in County Cork, a stately Irish home famed for its beautiful gardens, Diana Duff grew up in an enchanted world of family ghosts, buried treasure and banshees. At the age of seventeen, Diana left Ireland in search of excitement, glamour and the heady freedom of fifties' Kenya. After working as a stand-in for Grace Kelly in the film Mogambo, and training as a nurse, she married a young officer, and the couple moved to an isolated house in Kikuyu land at the height of the bloody Mau Mau rebellion. In the sixties, Diana and her family relocated to Tanganyika, where she founded the first multi-racial nursery school in East Africa before a transfer saw the family shifting to a South Africa cruelly divided by Apartheid.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $18.10, good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Summersdale Publishers.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2003 by Rebel ePublishers.
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Very Good. Size: 4x0x7; Signed and inscribed by the author. The wraps are in a very good condition and appear as new. Internally clean and tightly bound. The binding is excellent. GK.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $66.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Rebel ePublishers LLC.
Add this copy of Leaves From the Fig Tree to cart. $99.93, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Summersdale Publishers.
