num_pages: 294
description: In Tahiti, it's a well-known fact that women are wisest, mothers know best, and Materena Mahi knows best of all—or so everyone except for her own daughter thinks. Soon enough, mother and daughter are engaged in a tug-of-war that tests the bonds of their love.
language: English
title: Frangipani
titlecomplete: Frangipani
genres: Romance, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, The World, Novels, Fiction, Family, Asia
ratings_count: 1431
places: Tahiti
series: Materena Mahi
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix des étudiants de L’université de la Polynésie française
publisher: Back Bay Books