Where We Once Belonged

Author(s): Sia Figiel

Location(s): Samoa

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

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