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008    180514s2019    nyu    e      000 1 eng   
010      2018020711 
020    9780451494047 (hardcover) 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW 
042    pcc 
082 00 823/.92|223 
092    |fF|aOWUOR 
100 1  Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo,|eauthor. 
245 14 The dragonfly sea :|ba novel /|cYvonne Adhiambo Owuor. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2019. 
300    489 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. 
520    "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Women|xViolence against|zKenya|vFiction. 
650  0 Women|xViolence against|zEast Asia|vFiction. 
650  0 Islamic fundamentalism|zKenya|vFiction. 
650  0 Families|zKenya|vFiction. 
650  0 Human trafficking|zKenya|vFiction.