The dragonfly sea, a novel by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
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The dragonfly sea, a novel by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
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eng
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fiction
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The dragonfly sea
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1037888169
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a novel by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Summary
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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- Kenya -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Muslims -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Extremists -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Island life -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Young women -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Outcasts -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenyans -- China -- Fiction
- Islam -- Kenya -- Fiction
- China -- Fiction
- Families -- Kenya -- Fiction
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- Kenya -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Muslims -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Extremists -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Island life -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Young women -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Outcasts -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenyans -- China -- Fiction
- Islam -- Kenya -- Fiction
- China -- Fiction
- Families -- Kenya -- Fiction
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- Author1
- Other version1
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