A Canoe Before the Wind
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
A Canoe Before the Wind
By (Author) Vitale Lafaele
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
30th August 2023
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Migration, immigration and emigration
Autobiography: historical, political and military
True crime
Special and elite forces
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 23mm
414g
Description
The heart-rending yet ultimately uplifting story of an immigrant family from Samoa overcoming poverty, bullying, and racism, as told by Vitale Lafaele, who came to New Zealand with his parents to the slums of Grey Lynn in the 1970s at the time of the dawn raids. It is book about overcoming a shameful period in New Zealand's history, as well as a story of hope and success against the odds. Vitale Lafaele came from a place of darkness to become an SAS soldier and one of New Zealand's most decorated policemen.
