Changes in Latitude: An Uncommon Anthropology

In search of a new life and new horizons, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uproots her life as a Hawaiian outisland harbormaster to pursue her dream of a tropical paradise. Here two-week vacation becomes a courageous journey of self-discovery as she meets, and eventually marries, Malé Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman nearly half her age; confronts the physical and emotional hardships of her new existence; struggles to bridges the barriers of age and cultural expectations; and learns to cross the channel between her desires and the reality of Fijian life.