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jeans into the cornerof her purpleduffel shoveda pair of rolled-up FionaSweeney the a wailsliced through whitenoiseof a wet window, siren's her bedroom bag.Outside a moanswerepartof NewYorkCity'swallpaper, signal Thoseeerieman-made snowfall. this But enoughto passunnoticed. Fi registered one,maybe commonplace of trouble be sirens a while. for because knewshewouldn't hearing she she Whatelseshould backto her bag,whichstillhad space. her Sheturned attention wading snapshot, she examined motheras a youngwoman, her take?Liftinga frarned the into a stream,wearingrubber boots and carying a fishing pole. Fi cherished Fi The mother photograph; real life,she'dneverknownher mother be that carefree. to in go. Fi putthe go to Africa.In fact,she wouldn't want Fi to wantto had knownwouldn't picture the drawnto a wom volumeof lrish facedown and scanned room,her attention poetry her bedside. tucked in. She it by "Howaboutthe nettingt?" Chriscalledfromthe livingroomwherehe sat withDevi. 'Already Fi answered. in,"

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"Andrepellent?" askedDevi. that Chris away a gnat-a gesture "Yes,yes." Fi wavedher hand as thoughshooing and Devi couldn'tsee from the other room."Shouldhave kept my mouthshut,"she murmured.

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annual that the country's about Kenya,she'd discovered Early on in her research pills;she had repellents; She was in the tens of thousands. had deathtoll from malaria slightly she that highjoltedher.She became logically, knewshe'dbe fine. Still,a figure it with Chrisand Devi. Mbu-mosquito-had obsessed and-here's the rub-discussed into even dive-bombed wordshe'dlearned. Sometimes insects the beenthe first Swahili she for Eventually, mosquitoes becamea metaphor