The Dragonfly Sea

by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Book Overview

NAMED A REAL SIMPLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

From the award-winning author of Dust comes a vibrant, stunning coming-of-age novel about a young woman struggling to find her place in a vast world--a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss.

On the island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, lives solitary, stubborn Ayaana and her mother, Munira. When a sailor named Muhidin, also an outsider, enters their lives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451494040
• ISBN13: 9780451494047
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A young girl growing up in Africa..and being sent to China for an education

This is wonderfully written tale of a young girl as she grows up with her somewhat crazy mother...and adopted "father"......and eventually making a long strange trip to China...for an education...Many facets to this beautifully written book..