BARBARA KEATING

Kenia está a punto de obtener la independencia, y para la comunidad blanca se avecinan tiempos de incertidumbre, reciente aún el recuerdo de la brutal revuelta Mau-Mau. Ajenas a todo ello, tres jovencitas sellan en un claro de la sabana un pacto de sangre con el que se juran amistad eterna. Es el fin del sueño de la adolescencia y el comienzo de sus propios caminos. Hannah seguira en Kenia, luchando junto a otros Afrikaaners como ella por preservar un estilo de vida amenazado. Sarah intentara olvidar su amor no correspondido por Piet, el hermano de Hannah, y Camilla se abrira camino en el mundo del cine y de la fama en Inglaterra. El amor, el desengaño, el fracaso y el temor sacuden sus jovenes vidas, pero el lazo que las une a Africa es irrompible, como lo es su promesa de amistad. Una deliciosa historia sobre la amistad, la familia y la aventura de la vida, en la que el fascinante escenario africano es un protagonista mas.

In the first years of Kenyan independence, three young women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood. The superb sequel to Blood Sisters continues the breathtaking saga of the passions and hardships experienced by these unforgettable heroines, united again in their love for the country of their childhood.

Kenya 1957. During their childhood years in the Kenya Highlands three girls from vastly different backgrounds become 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 successful model in the studios and smoky nightclubs of London in the swinging sixties. Sarah Mackay is sent to university in her native Ireland, an alien experience that only strengthens her resolve to return to Africa. Hannah Van der Beer''s family struggles to retain the farm that her Afrikaans forebears established at the turn of the century. Time and again their bond is almost destroyed. Their friendship becomes a backdrop for competing love interests and broken promises. Political unrest brings violence, and savage murder becomes part of their lives. Blood Sisters is the story of painful transition, from the innocent ideals of childhood to the demands of reality, amidst the cataclysmic events of the African continent.

En los meses previos a la independencia e Kenia, vientos de incertidumbre soplan sobre la comunidad blanca, reciente aún el terrible recuerdo de la revuelta Mau Mau. En un claro de la sabana, Sarah, Hannah y Camilla, tres muchachas muy dustintas, se juran amistad eterna, una primera que seññan con un pacto de sangre.