Come on Shore and We Will Kill and: An Unlikely Love Story: An Unlikely Love Story

A perfect balance of memoir and history – interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter. Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maori, from Abel Tasman’s discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author’s unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to. —- ISBN: 9780747596707 | ISBN10: 0747596700 | ISBN-13: 978-0747596707