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Encounter: A journey into chaos, culture and compassion

By Ian Reilly
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By Ian Reilly
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A book you won't want to put down.

When Ian and Heather leave Australia to teach in Samoa they expect hardship. They don't expect a devastating cyclone followed by the slow dismantling of everything they thought they understood about the world.

Why are they being laughed at? Why is introducing someone offensive? What does respect look like? Navigating traditional Polynesian culture amid disaster, poverty and political tension, exposes their own cultural blind spots, assumptions and questions...