Getting Some but Not in Your Own BackyardĬélestine Vaite on why Pito’s voice had to be heard Visit our Web site at First eBook Edition: June 2007 Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. It is a must for people wishing to learn about Tahitian culture first-hand and also for those looking for a light-hearted story away from the hullabaloo of stressful college life.Copyright © 2006 by Célestine Hitiura VaiteĪll rights reserved. The ending warms your heart and leaves you with a story to narrate. The story is beautifully woven around the mother-daughter duo along with all siblings, aunts, families, and distant relatives highlighting the Tahitian people’s entwined relations and how everybody is a relative. Materena encourages her daughter to be what she wants but faces the consequences as she is unable to control her.
She is quick-witted, intelligent, smart, and inquisitive. Her daughter, Leilani, is the absolute opposite of what a girl is supposed to be in the traditional Tahiti tribe. The story progresses with Materena getting a job as a ‘professional cleaner’ at a French lady’s house by writing the first professional letter in her life, giving birth to her daughter, and then another son. A month later, they reconcile not only out of love but as a result of she rescuing her husband from a duel. Later, when she musters up the courage to pick her husband Pito’s pay cheque, he walks out on her, leaving her pregnant with their second child. To win the argument, she uses her promiscuity, but to no avail. Her husband is reluctant to let her do that as it would make him the butt of jokes amongst his colleagues. The book begins with Materena arguing with her husband to let her collect his pay cheque. Materena Mahi is a Tahitian woman residing in her homeland, Tahiti, which is the French Polynesia. The first book in the series is Breadfruit while the third is Tiare.
It is the second novel of the trilogy written by Celestine Hitiura Vaite revolving around the character Materena Mahi. Frangipani was an Australian best seller in 2004 and was also chosen for Australia’s 2009 Reader’s Digest Select Editions.
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