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Product Identifiers
PublisherBelknap Publishing & Design
ISBN-100972342087
ISBN-139780972342087
eBay Product ID (ePID)77439197
Product Key Features
Publication Year2009
TopicAustralia & Oceania, Customs & Traditions
Book TitleWoman in the South Pacific
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Social Science
AuthorShereé Lipton
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal919.504
SynopsisA young woman's passion for life in all its beauty and complexity led Sherée Lipton to remote South Pacific archipelagos at a time before these isles and atolls were compelled to yield their ancient traditions to the inexorable forces of outside influence. The adventures she shares offer a rare glimpse into a way of life that has nearly vanished in some of these still remarkable islands. Recent events and economic and political changes in nations such as Fiji and the Kingdom of Tonga have vastly impacted life and attitudes in the South Pacific making the memories related here all the more poignant. Sherée's tales are often cautionary, and sometimes exacted a toll in matters of health and danger, but they are always filled with candor, a wry wit and, admittedly, some Naïveté The characters encountered are real people and include heads of state, rogues, lovers, ex-cannibals, eccentric expatriates, and warm-hearted islanders who reached out to Sheree and welcomed her into thir homes and families. Illustrated with the author's award-winning photography, A Woman in the South Pacific draws us in, island by island. Rather than being arranged in a strict chronology, the chapters relate travels that went back and forth among many destinations over a period of years. This book captures an honest, vivid and idyllic moment in time in the South Pacific as it once was. It is a personal memoir that invites readers to laugh, cry and be glad to have been along for the ride.
LC Classification NumberDU23.L56 2009
