The dragonfly sea
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
489 pages : map ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Owuor, Y
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Fiction Owuor, Y
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Southside - Adult
Fiction Owuor, Y
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Fiction Owuor, Y
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Map on endpapers.
Description
A vibrant, stunningly global novel about a young woman struggling to find her place -- a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss. On the small island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, lives a girl named Ayaana. She is solitary and stubborn -- she and her mother, Munira, are outcasts from the insular local society -- and her kitten is her main companion. When a wizened sailor named Muhidin, also an outsider, enters their lives, Ayaana receives what she has long hoped for: a father. But this makeshift family's happiness crumbles as Ayaana grows into adulthood and the threats against her begin to mount: from an Islamic extremist, from the black-clad strangers who kidnap Muhidin's son, from a human trafficker, from the simmering resentments of those around her. So when a contingent of cultural emissaries from China invite Ayaana abroad, she embarks on a dramatic ship's journey to the Far East, where she will make friends and enemies; be seduced by the mercurial scion of a powerful Turkish business family; be initiated into a world of intrigue and passion and high stakes; and, at last, find understanding where she least expects it. Her one constant remains her devotion to the sea, which pulls her across the globe in search of a place where she can love and be loved. The Dragonfly Sea is a transcendent, gloriously told story of adventure, fraught choices, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world"--,Provided by publisher.
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