Author(s): Sia Figiel

New Zealand Fiction | Pacific

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The story of life in Malaefou, a village in Samoa, told through the eyes of a 13 year-old girl, Alofa. It focuses on Alofa's experience of growing up in Malaefou and her quest for identity within a culture caught between tradition and change. Alofa's story also becomes the story of the island.