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Mata Oti | Lani Wendt Young
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I came across this author the other day when reading about her uncle, the famous Samoan writer Albert Wendt, & I thought some people might be interested in the tagged book (which I haven't read), described as “the first Zombie apocalypse story set in Samoa“.
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Link to her website: https://laniwendtyoung.co/
ETA: I don't know the author: I just thought the book checked a few boxes for F&L & Halloween reads

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Susanita
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When anyone asks me about Peru, I‘ll say that if I lived there I‘d weigh 500 pounds. The food is so good! My sister is currently there on vacation, and she texted me: You‘re not kidding about the food.

This beautiful corn, however, is not for eating but for dyeing alpaca wool!

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Dilara This is such a lovely purple! Do you know which colour it dyes the wool to? Pink? Purple? 1d
AnnCrystal Beautiful 🤩💝💝💝. 1d
Susanita @dilara she said it‘s a kind of purpley maroon 1d
Dilara @Susanita Nice! ❤ 1d
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Bookwormjillk
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I read this for #FoodandLit #Samoa @texreader @catsandbooks

It's a novelization of Robert Lewis Stevenson's life. I didn't really get a feel of Samoa from it, but I did enjoy the relationship between RLS and Fanny. They both were ill at certain times in their lives and the ways they took care of each other were touching.

Anyone read any really good Samoa books?

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Well, Samoans don‘t sound very nice at all. The author doesn‘t have much nice to say about Tongans (from Tonga) or New Zealanders for that matter. #Samoa #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

AnnCrystal ...🤨🥺... 2d
Bookwomble Seems likely to say more about Theroux and his attitudes than it's likely to legitimately say about whole nations of people? 🤨 2d
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marleed A friend/former coworker of mine is America Samoan. She‘d return to Samoa every couple years for an extended stay. One year when she showed up to work I could see some intricate tattoo work peeking out as she sat. I was fascinated so she showed me the artwork on both thighs and its historical significance. She was in her late 30s when she had it done because she wanted to make sure she chose the tattoos that would mean the most to her. 2d
lil1inblue @Bookwomble Almost my exact thought. 🎯 2d
Texreader @AnnCrystal @Bookwomble @Dilara @Soubhiville @Amiable @lil1inblue Theroux doesn‘t seem to be kind to anyone. Here he is quoting someone else, but he‘s made similar judgments about countless others so far. If he didn‘t have such a superiority complex, it‘d be a fantastic book reading about his adventures. He is just going through a separation from his wife while writing this, so maybe he‘s just in a cranky mood. 1d
Texreader @marleed That is really cool. I‘d love to quiz her all about that. 1d
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The Adventures of Vela | Albert Wendt
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Some rather alarming foot sole shapes in this epic poem that I've just picked up again.

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Texreader Disturbing! 5d
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