{"product_id":"frigate-birds-forty-years-with-the-solomons-paperback","title":"Frigate Birds: Forty Years With the Solomons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyoung New Zealand nursing student is lunching in her college café in 1975 when an unknown 'Black man with a halo of corkscrew curls' sits uninvited next to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a year, she marries the stranger in a traditional Solomon Islands' ceremony near the beach on which he was born, midway through his mother's four-hour walk to the clinic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaked children and bare-breasted women greet the couple's arrival by canoe. She is the sole European at her wedding. Her only present is a shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe discovers their home is a fibreboard house perched on stilts in a sea of mud on a muddy road. They bathe in a stream and fetch water from the river. The sea is the toilet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of the next forty years, this is her world - and the setting of the incredible story she reveals in Frigate Birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandards of health, nutrition, welfare and education are woefully low. But limited experience and basic knowledge are no deterrent as the young newlywed resolutely sets about improving the health and welfare of the islanders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe battles politicians, lawyers and health authorities. At home, she copes with bankruptcy, divorce and the birth of two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52487574618419,"sku":"9780648491637","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oI6IIx56gN9780648491637.webp?v=1759848770","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/frigate-birds-forty-years-with-the-solomons-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}