The dragonfly sea / a novel by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.
"From the award-winning author of Dust comes 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451494047
- ISBN: 0451494040
- Physical Description: 489 pages : color illustration ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
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Subject: | Young women > Kenya > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Island life > Kenya > Fiction. Outcasts > Fiction. Kenyans > China > Fiction. Voyages and travels > Fiction. Kenya > Fiction. China > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Action and adventure fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County Library - Main Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Livingston County Library - Main Library | OWUOR (Text) | 260186754+ | Adult Fiction | Available | - |