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Story of the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Ade, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together--free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when Farida contracts malaria and finds herself caught in the middle of a civil war, reality crashes in around them. The lovers' solitude is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval that threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2017Amazon Publishing · 9781542047739
- Other · English · 2013New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 112 pages · 9780544149229
Man-woman relationshipsFictionFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / Contemporary WomenFICTION / Cultural HeritageFiction, romance, generalMan-woman relationships, fictionPersian gulf war, 1991, fiction






