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A Woman In The South Pacific
Winter Books 2009
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  3. To dust
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  5. Ka mo‘olelo hou
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A Woman In The South Pacific / A Woman In The South Pacific
Sherée Lipton
Belknap Publishing & Design, 2009

162 pages, $29.95

“I came of age in the islands of Oceania. The South Pacific is where I bloomed, fell in love, had my heart broken, and found God. Both my daughters were conceived under coconut trees. A single mother by choice, I have known the contentedness of committed love.”

Sherée Lipton’s, A Woman In The South Pacific, is a lyrical and captivating presentation of her travels through the South Pacific islands. With more than 130 color and black and white photographs and pages of salient commentary describing her impressive travels, readers will find themselves immersed in her fascinating journey. One may be most surprised by Lipton’s rejection of an idealized narrative voice for forthrightness and frank honesty.

Her travels began in 1967, “I was green-eyed, naïve and enthusiastic with long hair, slim ankles and big breasts.” Lipton wrote an unassuming letter to a sea captain planning to sail around the world, and soon found herself “in the land of rainbows.” Her journey is filled with frightening and mischievous adventures, humorous anecdotes, intensely illustrated moments of romance and a spiritual quest for identity. With a lifetime of memories captured in prolific images and interconnecting prose, Lipton defies cultural barriers while navigating the Pacific’s untamed waters.

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