Breadfruit: A Novel

Great pacific literature!

OK... Admittedly, I am biased. Tahiti is my 2nd favorite place in the world and there are few books about real life in Tahiti but this is one. It gives a rare insight into the lives of real people in this amazing paradise. I can not speak too highly of the author. She has done a wonderful job of bringing daily life into focus for us all.

Its a good story and a quick read. I really liked the characters. The author painted a beautiful and livley picture of Tahiti.

The first in a series of three books. Love the characters. Learned much about Tahiti and its culture through reading these books. Buy it.

It was just okay of a book

I have read all three of her books, I love how she talks about real live on Tahiti and especially about the women and their challenges. Great read.

I had read the second of Célestine Hitiura Vaite's trilogys and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to read the first one - Breadfruit. I kept hoping that it would go somewhere. I was so disappointed. It introduces the reader to the characters but I don't find it weaves the characters and the story line together very well. I was bored and found that there was no real plot. Skip this one and read the second and third novels in the authors trilogy. Just my opinion.

BREADFRUIT by Celestine VaiteOctober 8, 2006Amazon Rating: 4.5/5 starsThis is the second book by Celestine Vaite that I've read, and I loved them both. Both books take us into the world of Materena Mahi, a hard working professional cleaner who is raising her two children in Tahiti, with the help (somewhat) of her man, Pito. BREADFRUIT is the story of Materena and her mission to get Pito to fulfill his marriage proposal (of course it doesn't' help that he was drunk when he made the proposition).Readers will love the antics of Materena and her friends and family, as they get along each day, living in poverty. But their lives don't seem to be that of poor underprivileged people. They are rich in family, and their children, at least Materena's are fulfilling the dreams that the older generation could not. You will laugh and cry along with Materena as she experiences life in Tahiti, surviving as best she can, and making sure the man in her life goes through with that marriage proposal.