Célestine Hitiura Vaite
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- Gangbare naam
- Vaite, Célestine Hitiura
- Geboortedatum
- 1966
- Geslacht
- female
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- France
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Geboorteplaats
- Faa'a, Tahiti
- Woonplaatsen
- Faa'a, Tahiti
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“Girl, waiting for a man is like waiting for a chicken to have teeth.”
Célestine Hitiura Vaite was born and raised in French Polynesia (Tahiti) and now lives in Australia. Breadfruit is her debut novel featuring the lovable Materena Mahi. When her partner Pito mentions marriage during a drunken conversation Materena finds herself mentally buying wedding cakes and planning her big day. She makes her way around Faa’a researching the cost of hiring a wedding car, a DJ and all the wedding accoutrements. Along the way she is stopped by her many cousins and neighbours, who want to avail themselves of Materena’s listening ear, or pass along a tasty tidbit of gossip from the “coconut radio.” Interspersed between the quirky family tales are Tahitian myths and legends and fragments of political history, such as the colonial theft of land and the military presence. Materena has a close relationship with her mother Loana, and the story also drifts to Loana’s life as a single mother abandoned by her French lover, and to Materena’s grandmother and her life on Rangiroa island. An absolutely delightful read with an engaging main character, and vividly descriptive scenes that make you feel as if you just travelled to Tahiti. 5 stars for sure.… (meer)