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159 pages : portraitsFirst published: 1990Contents: Kamla Patel, Kenya/India -- Michelle Karagianis, Czechoslovakia -- Novena Petelo, Tokelau Islands -- Livia Escobar, Chile -- Ngan Hac Trang, Vietnam -- Valeti Finau, Tonga -- Thongsy Vanvilay, Laos -- Anna Reutt-Marciszewski, Poland -- Dahlia Roberts, the Philippines -- Roya Jazbani, IranSummary: Immigrant women bring to New Zealand rich experiences of lives spent in other cultures. But their stories are rarely told. In this book ten women, who have come to New Zealand between 1969 and 1987, speak in depth about growing up in their first countries, and their lives in New Zealand. They talk about childhood, marriage, discrimination, language, their aspirations for their children, and the role of women in their first culture and in New Zealand. They also, often poignantly, point to what they cannot speak about. (Publisher)