The time is the early 1940s and Juanita Carberry lives in the priviliged circles of the colonialists in Kenya, rubbing elbows with the elite at house gatherings, official outings, and numerous social occasions. Her step-father treats her strictly and orders her governess, Miss Tapsell, to administer corporal punishment by caning, spanking with a cane, to keep the young lady in line, and in order to keep her emotional balance she finds companionship in the around her and in the Kenyan servants who are her friends. Sharply conscious of the superficiality and disciplinarian adults in her world, s... Show more