false 1776437 5 “A multilayered, highly informative and insightful book that blends memoir, historical and travel narrative…vivid and meticulously researched.”—<I>San Francisco Chronicle <P></P></B></I>In this involving, compassionate memoir, Christina Thompson tells the story of her journey to the South Pacific and eventual marriage to a Maori man, interspersing it with a narrative history of the cultural collision between Westerners and indigenous New Zealanders. 1774882 book 22 7 2008 Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story total:95|5:14|4:37|3:33|2:8|1:3| 95 336 250 54 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 13:25:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:25:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:37:29 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 04:48:27 -0700 2009 Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All as part of the Goodreads giveaway program and was pleasantly surprised. What I expected to be a rather fluffy love story (and I enjoy a prince charming as much as the next person) in a great setting was instead a very readable overview of Ne...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 17:01:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:29:58 -0700 2009
It occurred to me that the history of Maori domination by the English is a re-ca...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 19:14:38 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 14:08:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 09:18:17 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 15:47:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 05:48:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 06:43:35 -0700 2009 goodreads.com and will have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. This book looks at the effects of colonization as seen through both the colonizers and the natives.
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2) The story of how she met her husband, married him, and moved around until they found where they belonged is delightful.
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