Review: The third instalment does not disappoint
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2013
The third instalment of Kiana Davenport's Pacific Stories continues the journey across the Pacific, taking us to Western Samoa, New Zealand but also to Georgia, USA, - the setting of the latter is, of course, a community of Hawaian immigrants. Once again, we encounter fascinating, if flawed, female characters, and we follow their lives for the course  of these short stories which however have the depth of individual novels. "Night of the Worm" (Western Samoa) is brilliant in its depiction of an island reconciling its traditions with the need for tourism, and "Maoritanga", a woman's descent into alcoholism after the loss of a loved one, has possibly the most moving, magical endings of all the Pacific Stories.All three volumes of Davenport's Pacific Stories are all available in box set format as well: I would strongly recommend buying it, because after reading one volume, you will not be able to stop until you have gone through the others.