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A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

A Disappearance in Fiji

by Nilima Rao
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  • Jun 6, 2023, 288 pages
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  • May 2024, 288 pages
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AKAL'S SECOND INTERVIEW for the day was with Mrs. Henry Parkins. The Parkinses' house was on Cakobau Road, alongside the homes of all the other well-heeled plantation owners. Akal and Taviti slogged their way up the hill, walking past the newly reorganised Suva Botanical Gardens, where the cicadas sang of their love of the sun.

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