Island Beneath the Sea : A Novel Sale from Europe to Africa and

from Europe to Africa and back again

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New York Times bestselling author of The Poet XShe looks me hard in my eyes& my knees lock into tree trunksMy eyes don’t dance like my heartbeat racingThey stare straight back hot daggers

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Island Beneath the Sea : A Novel Sale from Europe to Africa andThe New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable womana slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destinyin this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the nineteenth century. Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.Los Angeles Times The