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# New Samoa books Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
taranaki_chick 08:33 UTC 09 Feb 2012 | Have just been reading a couple of new books about Samoa that I thought might interest some of you. The first is " Samoa: A historical novel." by J. Robert Shaffer. a huge book that is similar to Michner's Hawaii.....a novel but very much based on history. Very well done by a person that has lived in Samoa off and on over many years. Ithaca Press 2011 The other is another book by Lani Wendt Young. She wrote the wonderful non-fiction book gathering Tsunami in Samoa stories called "Galu Afi". She has now published a novel called" Telesa". Rather like a Twilight type story but set in Apia with Samoan culture and lifestyle. Not my usual read but this one is fasinating because it is set in Samoa. About a half Samoan girl returning to Samoa to discover her roots and finding out that her mother and now her are both Telesas......with wierd magical powers.....a love story included and a book that is wowing Samoan young women everywhere. There is a follow up one coming out soon. Aloha |