Changes in Latitude - An Uncommon Anthropology

Andre Deutsch 1990 RRP $28
When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Much to her surprise, what she found was Male Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman less than half her age. Male's father had instructed him to marry her, as having a foreigner in the family is a great advantage. Flattered and a bit confused, Joana moved into the extended-family dwelling, intrigued by both the idea of life in a tropical paradise and by Male. Changes in Latitude follow Joana as she adjusts to this different life, and the good and bad aspects of life in Fiji, and within her new family...