A Remarkable Journey

In this book the author provides us a rare and intriguing insight into a mid-1960s Australian girl's growing love for a Papuan school boy, the deepening of the relationship, the marriage, the return to Papua New Guinea, the difficult period of adaptation to an alien culture, the elevation of he...

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Published in:The Contemporary Pacific 2003, Vol.15 (1), p.221-223
Main Author: STELLA, REGIS TOVE
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Autobiography
Book and Media Reviews
Cultural differences
Culture
Elections
Families
Families & family life
Husbands
Identity
Independence
Interracial relationships
Justice
Love
Marriage
Pacific Region
Papuan languages
Regional studies
Society
Stories
Women
Writers
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Summary:In this book the author provides us a rare and intriguing insight into a mid-1960s Australian girl's growing love for a Papuan school boy, the deepening of the relationship, the marriage, the return to Papua New Guinea, the difficult period of adaptation to an alien culture, the elevation of her husband to the position of chief justice, his death, her decision to contest the national elections in 1997 (Moresby South), and her subsequent win to become one of only two women parliamentarians. Lady Kidu's conscious efforts to accept a different cosmology, and her willingness to adapt and adjust, flamed by her profound love for and commitment to her husband and her firm decision to intimately understand her adopted society provide the social leverage, balance, and finally, the cultural and social mooring. In essence this is a family story, how an interracial family attempted to endure in a colonial PNG society on the verge of independence, and how through sheer determination the author overcame many cultural differences and obstacles.
ISSN:1043-898X
1527-9464
1527-9464
DOI:10.1353/cp.2003.0030