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Cowrie

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I really enjoyed the story. I learned a little about the culture but at times I had to "skip" over some of the words lol or make my own names..I don't know much about Hawaii or the language but the story was good. Not much of a review, but I do recommend reading

Cowrie travels from her native New Zealand to Punalu'u, Hawai'i to find her long lost family and to reconnect to her heritage. She also finds herself attracted to Koana, a mother with two children, and is confused about Koana's mixed signals. Cowrie weaves her life into her new extended family's and slowly investigates the imagery in her recurring dream of the sea turtle woman. A sudden tragedy clarifies relationships, and Cowrie finds herself changed and connected to not only this new family, but also to her expanded heritage. Dunsford's poetic language and intense imagery of both Hawai'ian and Maori peoples makes "Cowrie" a joyous journey in the lush landscape of Hawai'i.

Cowrie is a crucial novel, testing the nature of identity on personal, cultural and global levels.

- Audre Lorde