Red Island House

  • Author: Andrea Lee
  • Narrator: Bahni Turpin
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
  • Duration: 11:59:37
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Synopsis

From National Book Award–nominated 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 AmericanahRed Island House showcases an extraordinary literary voice and gorgeously depicts a lush and unknown world.

Chapters

  • 001 RedIslandHouse IntroCredits

    Duration: 38s
  • 002 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch1

    Duration: 03min
  • 003 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch2

    Duration: 17min
  • 004 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch3

    Duration: 07min
  • 005 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch4

    Duration: 12min
  • 006 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch5

    Duration: 11min
  • 007 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch6

    Duration: 05min
  • 008 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch7

    Duration: 23min
  • 009 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch8

    Duration: 09min
  • 010 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch9

    Duration: 11min
  • 011 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch10

    Duration: 22min
  • 012 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch11

    Duration: 18min
  • 013 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch12

    Duration: 05min
  • 014 RedIslandHouse ThePacketWar Ch13

    Duration: 10min
  • 015 RedIslandHouse The Children

    Duration: 39min
  • 016 RedIslandHouse Blondes

    Duration: 30min
  • 017 RedIslandHouse Sirens a

    Duration: 29min
  • 018 RedIslandHouse Sirens b

    Duration: 25min
  • 019 RedIslandHouse Voice a

    Duration: 26min
  • 020 RedIslandHouse Voice b

    Duration: 31min
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