{"product_id":"afakasi-woman-by-lani-wendt-young-9780995106598","title":"Afakasi Woman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of stories about the women of the Pacific, their struggles with family, love, and the effects of climate change on their world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the author: Lani Young is a Samoan\/Maori author and columnist. In 2018, she was named the ACP Pacific Laureate, selected by the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States as they paid tribute to her 'creativity, courage and entrepreneurship'. The ACP acknowledged her fiction writing, utilizing digital publishing to take Samoan stories to a global audience, and also her journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe's the author of ten books including the international bestselling Young Adult TELESA series, and \u003cem\u003ePACIFIC TSUNAMI GALU AFI\u003c\/em\u003e which tells the story of the 2009 disaster. She's worked as a scriptwriter for Disney, and her stories for children are published by the NZ School Journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe was the 2018 recipient of the Douglas Gabb Australia-Pacific Journalism internship, and in 2017 her reporting on climate change issues in the Pacific won her a coveted fellowship award covering the UN Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. In 2012, she won the USP Press Prize with her collection of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eAfakasi Woman\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLani writes columns about feminism, religion, culture, parenting, LGBTI in Pasifika, climate justice, and everything in between. Her essay on \u003cem\u003eA Samoan Woman's Perspective on Ordain Women\u003c\/em\u003e features in the Oxford Univ Press 2015 collection \u003cem\u003eMormon Feminism: Essential Writings\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing on child sexual abuse and domestic violence in Pasifika communities has generated dialogue in many forums worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer recent novel in the Telesa series, \u003cem\u003eI am Daniel Tahi\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by OneTree House Press in August 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"OneTree House Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47477332672748,"sku":"9780995106598","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780995106598-afakasi-woman.jpg?v=1775517063","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/afakasi-woman-by-lani-wendt-young-9780995106598","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}