Description
In Tahiti, it's a well-known fact that women are wisest, mothers know best, and Materena Mahi knows best of all--or so everyone except for her own daughter thinks. Soon enough, mother and daughter are engaged in a tug-of-war that tests the bonds of their love.
Author: Célestine Vaite
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 02/07/2006
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780316114660
ISBN10: 0316114669
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Biographical
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | General
About the Author
Célestine Vaite grew up in a big extended family in Faa-a-Tahiti, where storytelling was a part of her every day life. Her first two novels about the Mahi and Tehana families, Breadfruit and Frangipani, have been published in the UK, the US, Canada, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Brazil, France, Germany and French Polynesia. She now lives on the south coast of New South Wales with her family.