Lee Andrea - Red Island House A Novel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: From National Book Awardnominated writer Andrea Lee comes Red Island House a travel epic that opens a window on the mysterious African island of Madagascar and on the dangers of life and love in paradise as seen through the eyes of a Black American heroine. '; People do mysterious things when they think they have found paradise reflects Shay the heroine of Red Island House. When Shay an intrepid Black American professor marries Senna a brash Italian businessman she doesn't imagine that her life's greatest adventure will carry her far beyond their home in Milan: to an idyllic stretch of beach in Madagascar where Senna builds a flamboyant vacation villa. Before she knows it she becomes the reluctant mistress of a sprawling household caught between her privileged American upbringing and her connection to the continent of her ancestors. So begins Shay's journey into the heart of a remote African country. Can she keep her identity and her marriage intact amid the wild beauty and the lingering colonial sins of this mysterious world that both captivates and destroys foreigners? A mesmerizing powerful tale of travel and self - discovery that evokes Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah Red Island House showcases an extraordinary literary voice and gorgeously depicts a lush and unknown world.
Title: Red Island House A Novel
Author(s): Lee Andrea
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781982137809
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/23/2021