A Woman in the South Pacific

by Sheree Lipton, Rita Ariyoshi (Editor)

.A 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

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Louis]

Another beautifully intimate recounting of an adventurous and genuinely curious and open-minded woman’s life and travels through the South Pacific, highlighting the customs and cultures of their true native inhabitants for the world to come to appreciate and learn about.

[Anna Severson]

Interesting to me as my parents took us around the South Pacific islands in 1975