Electra d'Apliese seems as though she has everything: as a top model, she is beautiful, rich and famous. But beneath the veneer, Electra's tenuous control over her mental state has been rocked by the death of her father. Struggling, she turns to alcohol and drugs, and as those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a stranger who claims to be her grandmother In 1943, Celia Arundel arrives in Nairobi to join her new husband on his coffee plantation. After a sheltered upbringing in England, she is horrified by the antics of her fellow ex-pats in the infamous Happy Valley set. Then her husband brings home the daughter of the Chieftain of the local Maasai tribe to live under his protection, and a bond begins to form between them