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Lali: Looking Back

December 31, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Lali: A Pacific Anthology, ed. Albert Wendt, 1980

  • Cook Islands, #5; Tonga, #2; Samoa, #2; Niue, #1; Fiji, #1; Vanuatu, #1; Solomon Islands, #1; Papua New Guinea, #7; Kiribati, #2
  • £13.84 from Amazon.co.uk
  • Read: September 2015-December 2016
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: Moana groupies

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Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Boy meets girl meets fa’afafine)

December 21, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 1 Comment

Telesa: The Covenant Keeper, Lani Wendt Young, 2011

  • Samoa, #4
  • Kindle, $2.99
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: Harry Potter/Insurgent crossover fanfic authors

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Where We Once Belonged: Rejecting the Polynesian Paradise

November 7, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 6 Comments

Where We Once Belonged, Sia Figiel, 1997

  • Samoa, #3
  • Borrowed from SF library
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating: 4/5
  • Recommended for: Women who have been groped by Donald Trump

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Leaves of the Banyan Tree

September 29, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Leaves of the Banyan Tree, Albert Wendt, 1979

  • Samoa, #1
  • £0.69 from alibris.co.uk
  • Read December 2015
  • Rating 3.5/5
  • Recommended for: 10th grade English classes

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