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001			on1037888169
003			OCoLC
005			20190322084929.0
008			180514t20192019nyub 000 1 eng
010			_a 2018020711
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092			_aOwuor, _bYvonne
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aOwuor, Yvonne Adhiambo, _eauthor. _9243505
245	1	4	_aThe dragonfly sea : _ba novel / _cby Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a489 pages : _bmap ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aMap on endpapers.
520			_aA 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
651		0	_aKenya _vFiction. _957108
650		0	_aIsland life _zKenya _vFiction. _9392587
650		0	_aOutcasts _vFiction. _9114692
650		0	_aKenyans _zChina _vFiction. _9392588
651		0	_aChina _vFiction. _955521
650		0	_aVoyages and travels _vFiction. _95465
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2lcgft _921488
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c288964 _d288964