Last Song of the Takamaka

The Last Song of the TakamakaIn 1803, as a cyclone devours the coast of Mauritius, a woman named Marie-Jeanne buries a wooden box beneath a takamaka tree—a compass that points to moments instead of north, a map of a lagoon that no longer exists, and a dried white flower that will open only for the one destined to return. Two centuries later, Aisha Ramgoolam inherits her grandmother's beach house w...