In the Company of Strangers Pacific Island Oceanographers

Oceanographers

“O’Keeffe’s 9-week sojourn in the Hawaiian Islands helped shape her career

a young girl who learns the value of selfless giving from her grandfather Tasi

Oscar "Wally" Johnson

by Christopher S

In the Company of Strangers Pacific Island OceanographersSixteen deceptively simple stories comprise Michelle Cruz Skinners much anticipated follow up to Balikbayan and Mango Seasons, many of them about Filipinos tongue tied and alienated in the motherland, or scattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness in the company of strangers called countrymen, family, lovers. A book of quiet gems definitely worth the wait. R. Zamora Linmark, author of Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh