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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled A Spear of Summer Grass about Delilah, Ryder, British with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction.
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conversations.value: the author (The Dark Enquiry, 2011) presents a sweeping romance set in 1920s British Kenya. After one escapade too many, notorious socialite Delilah Drummond is exiled from Europe to her former stepfathers estate. When she arrives there with her cousin Dora, they find everything in shambles. With the help of native workers, they slowly restore the estate to an acceptable standard of British comfort. At first, the white community embraces her, from artist Kit to safari guide Ryder and everyone in between. Although she is content to become Kits lover, her heart grows closer and closer to Ryder as he gives her practical advice about survival and shows her the beauty of Africa. When Kit is murdered, however, the white community is in upheaval, and Delilah is heavily involved. The storys title, taken from poet Walt Whitmans Song of Myself, embodies the authors central themes of self-sufficiency and oneness with nature. Delilah cant come to terms with the beauty and brutality of Kenya, its people, or Ryder until she comes to terms with herself. --Pat Henshaw
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conversations.value: After one escapade too many, notorious socialite Delilah Drummond is exiled from Europe to her former stepfathers estate. When she arrives there with her cousin Dora, they find everything in shambles. With the help of native workers, they slowly restore the estate to an acceptable standard of British comfort. At first, the white community embraces her, from artist Kit to safari guide Ryder and everyone in between. Although she is content to become Kits lover, her heart grows closer and closer to Ryder as he gives her practical advice about survival and shows her the beauty of Africa. When Kit is murdered, however, the white community is in upheaval, and Delilah is heavily involved. The storys title, taken from poet Walt Whitmans Song of Myself, embodies the authors central themes of self-sufficiency and oneness with nature. Delilah cant come to terms with the beauty and brutality of Kenya, its people, or Ryder until she comes to terms with herself. --Pat Henshaw