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The dragonfly sea : a novel / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.

by Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Coming of age -- Fiction.

Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction.

Families -- Fiction.

Kenya -- Fiction.

East Asia -- Fiction.

9780451494047 (hc.)

489 p. : col. map ; 25 cm.

Maps on end papers.

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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"--Publisher.

Bildungsromans.

Literary fiction.

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