For a long time she lies awake, listening to the waves and nervously twisting a lock of her short hair, until dawn comes with the clamor of cockcrow, a brief dogfight, and the call of a distant muezzin. All the time, she has been thinking. Thinking: I have a house in Africa…
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Red Island House
Andrea Lee
About the Author
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Andrea Lee is most recently the author of Red Island House, a novel about love, clashing cultures, and identity set on the tropical African island nation of Madagascar. She is also the author of the story collection Interesting Women, the novels Lost Hearts in Italy and Sarah Phillips, and the National Book Award–nominated memoir Russian Journal. A former staff writer for The New Yorker, she has written for The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, W, and The New York Times Book Review. Born in Philadelphia, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harvard University and now lives in Italy.
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