Sons of the Return Home
APA Citation:
Wendt, A. (1973). Sons for the return home. Auckland: Longman Paul.
Annotation:
This text is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family.
Author Information:
Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published in 1973. This was his first book.
Awards:
It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie.
Target Audience: Young adult
Genre: Autobiographical
Interest: Cultural diversity, Samoan mirror, Coming of age story, romance, interracial relationships.
