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Voice of the Sea

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Voice of the Sea
14.99 €
On the island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, the willful Ayaana lives with her mother Munira. When the sailor Muhyiddin appears in their lives, Ayaana finds a father in his person. But as she grows up, nature makes adjustments to the girl's plans. She has to leave her native land and go on a sea voyage to the East, to study in China, to be seduced by the heir to a Turkish business empire and go with him to Istanbul, to survive injustice and violence, to return to her native island of Pate, meeting her little sister there, to find love and find herself. The novel is about growing up, about the experiences of a teenager, about a woman's journey and about finding a home within herself. The action unfolds against a backdrop of events that the reader will quickly recognize: wars in the Middle East, waves of protests and uprisings in the Arab world in 2011-2012, China's rapid development and expansion into other countries, piracy in the South Seas, and even the war in Syria. What we have been watching for the last 20-30 years on TV screens becomes a tangible part of the heroine's life and the characters around her and changes her life and character. The novel is about difficult destinies: an aging sailor Muhiddin, who returns to the island of Pate after many years of wandering. Ayaana - a girl with a bad reputation. Munira - Ayaana's mother, mired in debt and left without a family on the island with her daughter in her arms. A novel about family and finding meaning after wandering - in music, books, languages, freedom, a father's relationship with his adopted daughter, and love.
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