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PublisherShe Writes Press

ISBN-101647424135

ISBN-139781647424138

eBay Product ID (ePID)26050407947

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Book TitleWhere Time Begins : a Novel

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicRomance / Action & Adventure, General, Satire, Romance / Romantic Comedy

GenreFiction

AuthorSasha Paulsen

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight10.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-925157

Reviews"Against a setting of hibiscus blooms and feathery palms, Shelley stumbles into mystery and love in a fast-paced, delightful journey written with a sure hand and abundant imagination." --Kathleen Reynolds, author of The Book Beat for the Napa Valley Register "Sasha Paulsen is a conjuror of magical places and memorable characters." --Georgeanne Brennan, author A Pig in Provence

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230214

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisShelley Ilillouette attempts to escape her disastrous life in San Francisco, only to fall into a comically bewildering world of mystery, adventure, and romance in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It's 1976, and Shelley Ilillouette, unemployed and without prospects, has never heard of the Kingdom of Tonga --but when an artist offers her a job in this South Pacific kingdom, she takes it. She arrives in Tonga to discover that her employer has vanished. Alone in a bewildering world where ancient Polynesia mingles with missionaries, Peace Corps, and yacht dwellers, she is adopted by Foeata, a genial Tongan who decides that a mafu -- a sweetheart -- will solve Shelley's problems. Foeata favors the Peace Corps doctor, Skip, but he is smitten with Lily, a mysterious half-Tongan actress. Then Shelley's first and only lover, Jackson, follows her to the islands, and life only get more complicated. When Lily goes missing, too, and Jackson's visit proves disastrous, Shelley has to admit that she has not escaped from anything; she has just brought all the confusion of life with her. Why, Foeata wonders, are Americans so bad at love? Amidst encounters with sharks and one octopus (meetings far less harrowing than those she has with missionaries and ex-lovers over the course of her adventure), Shelley untangles a web of stories reaching back decades, leading her to conclude that Tonga may indeed be what its king has proclaimed: the place where time begins., It's 1976, and Shelley Ilillouette, unemployed and without prospects, has never heard of the Kingdom of Tonga>--but when an artist offers her a job in this South Pacific kingdom, she takes it. She arrives in Tonga to discover that her employer has vanished. Alone in a bewildering world where ancient Polynesia mingles with missionaries, Peace Corps, and yacht dwellers, she is adopted by Foeata, a genial Tongan who decides that a mafu --a sweetheart--will solve Shelley's problems. Foeata favors the Peace Corps doctor, Skip, but he is smitten with Lily, a mysterious half-Tongan actress. Then Shelley's first and only lover, Jackson, follows her to the islands, and life only get more complicated. When Lily goes missing, too, and Jackson's visit proves disastrous, Shelley has to admit that she has not escaped from anything; she has just brought all the confusion of life with her. Why, Foeata wonders, are Americans so bad at love? Amidst encounters with sharks and one octopus (meetings far less harrowing than those she has with missionaries and ex-lovers over the course of her adventure), Shelley untangles a web of stories reaching back decades, leading her to conclude that Tonga may indeed be what its king has proclaimed: the place where time begins., Shelley Ilillouette attempts to escape her disastrous life in San Francisco, only to fall into a comically bewildering world of mystery, adventure, and romance in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga., It's 1976, and Shelley Ilillouette, unemployed and without prospects, has never heard of the Kingdom of Tonga>- but when an artist offers her a job in this South Pacific kingdom, she takes it. She arrives in Tonga to discover that her employer has vanished. Alone in a bewildering world where ancient Polynesia mingles with missionaries, Peace Corps, and yacht dwellers, she is adopted by Foeata, a genial Tongan who decides that a mafu - a sweetheart - will solve Shelley's problems. Foeata favors the Peace Corps doctor, Skip, but he is smitten with Lily, a mysterious half-Tongan actress. Then Shelley's first and only lover, Jackson, follows her to the islands, and life only get more complicated. When Lily goes missing, too, and Jackson's visit proves disastrous, Shelley has to admit that she has not escaped from anything; she has just brought all the confusion of life with her. Why, Foeata wonders, are Americans so bad at love? Amidst encounters with sharks and one octopus (meetings far less harrowing than those she has with missionaries and ex-lovers over the course of her adventure), Shelley untangles a web of stories reaching back decades, leading her to conclude that Tonga may indeed be what its king has proclaimed: the place where time begins.

LC Classification NumberPS3616