The natives were entirely indifferent whether they worked or not, but by paying high wages and giving any quantity of mutton, we were able at this time to get a certain amount of precarious labour for digging and camp work. Vanderbes novel, easter island, was a recent selection of the book passage first editions club. Easter island guide book easter island visitor information. The marriage enables her to fulfil her great dream. Set on the cusp of world war one, and in the 1970s, easter island tells the passionate, heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of two remarkable women. A story about two journeys of transformation, forgiveness, and, ultimately, redemption, easter island is a powerful debut and a wonderfully intriguing book to discuss. I bought a used copy of the first edition and cant recommend it enough. An artists journey to the mysterious land of giant stone statues sausalito press, 2014.
Just click the button below to subscribe and download your free childrens book, the true meaning of easter. It was given this name by the dutch com mander jacob roggeveen, who first. Episode 28 features a reading by phil klay, author of the story collection redeployment. First published in 1919, this work provides information on that most mysterious of islands easter island rapa nui. Elsa pendleton travels from england to easter island with her husband, an anthropologist sent by the royal geographical society to study the colossal moai statues, and her younger sister. Jennifer vanderbes easter island is the mysterious backdrop that connects the lives of two remarkable women. Set in both 19 and sometime near the end of the twentieth century, it follows two women, one from each time period, who travel to easter island with different prospects. Join facebook to connect with jennifer easter and others you may know. The complete guide by shawn mclaughlin was highly recommended by everyone.
Unfortunately, its not easy to find this book at a budget price. Easter island ebook by jennifer vanderbes rakuten kobo. Im particularly interested in books that will give me the sort of info id get if i went on a guided tour. List of books and articles about easter island online. Slowly unearthing the island s haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever. The statues, or moai, were built over hundreds of years by easter islanders themselves. I had read easter island in our family book club we take turns choosing a book, read it together and then talk about it over dinner. Join two intrepid young women as they delve into the centuriesold mysteries of easter island. Scientific issues are discussed in a compelling way that makes the reader understand and enjoy each new revelation, almost like a mystery being solved on c. Best books on easter island easter island forum tripadvisor. Jennifer vanderbes is the author of the acclaimed novels easter island, strangers at the feast and, most. The debut novel of jennifer vanderbes, easter island is a tale of two women from two different eras, both of who move to easter island to find refuge from their pasts. About half of the inhabitants are of polynesian stock.
Books about the island tend to fall into two categories. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A thorough read of this always complex and sometimes dissatisfying book reveals that vanderbes chose that title carefully. The mystery of easter island was originally published in 1919, based upon the research of an english lady, katherine routledge, who lived on the island in 191415. Easter island is a 2003 historical novel by jennifer vanderbes. Easter island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people. I have already ordered both another book by vanderbes and the mystery of easter island, if that tells you how happy this book made me. Introduction in the middle of the south pacific, several thousand kilometers west of the coast of chile, is the most isolated inhabited piece of land on earth. A companion to easter island guide to rapa nui james grant peterkin on.
An artists journey to the mysterious land of giant stone statues sausalitopress, 2014. Greer faraday, whose mission is to study the islands ecosystem in hopes of determining how plant life came to a seemingly barren island. I printed our copy of the true meaning of easter book on heavy white card stock and laminated it. After we booked our tickets to easter island, i searched tripadvisor for the best easter island book or travel guide. Family conflict, fascinating social commentary, and a riveting plot converge in jennifer vanderbes stunning strangers at the feast, a thriller that also raises large and haunting questions about the meaning of guilt, innocence, and justice. I havent read something this moving in a while, and i even feel i learned a fair bit about botany and easter island.
The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading of jennifer vanderbes easter island. Download your childrens book the true meaning of easter. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes reading guidebook. Nov 03, 2014 perhaps due to its remote location, rapanui easter island is not well catered for when it comes to guides books travel guides. When my high school senior said that he wanted in, i. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes 2004 0601 jennifer vanderbes on. Well shot footage of easter island especially interesting because it shows some of the landforms which suggest to some geologists that a massive tidal wave or several 150 200 feet high swept this island at one time, estimated to have occurred about 15002000 years ago and it looks to some like part of the island sunk in the process. This small isolated land is 2,000 miles from the south american mainland and its administered by chile. Easter island is the story of two women who went to the island and did research. I felt betrayed by the characters i encountered and came to enjoy throughout the book that left me flat and saying is that is. Across the pacific in a raft by thor heyerdahl 22 times the statues that walked. Elsa pendleton travels from england to easter island with her husband, an anthropologist sent by the royal geographical society to study the colossal moai. She learned the rapanui language and interviewed all the old people she could find who still remembered the past.
Easter island has always interested me so ive read a lot of nonfiction books about it. Im so glad i decided to read it because its just a great book full of interesting information, some of which id never come across before, and such a lovely double story. There is also a small thread of a german world war i naval squadron present in the book. Easter island went nowhere by nbaker see profile 102611. Here you can learn about the easter island statues and. Weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal, through the eyes of two exceptional young women living nearly a century apart who journey to the most remote island in the worldeaster island. My children are adults but our book club was really important to us. View tripadvisors 624 photos and great deals on 26 vacation rentals, cabins and villas in easter island, chile. With its implausibly huge sculptures and indecipherable tablets, easter island remains an enigma. The essential guidebook to this mysterious and enigmatic island, and the only book about easter island written by someone who actually lives here. Apr 10, 2019 download your free easter book for children. Free easter book for children happy and blessed home. The giant stone statues in polynesias easter island may have just been walked out of quarry, according to a controversial new theory on how the monolithic human figures were transported.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. One is an edwardian englishwoman, the other is a woman of the 1970s. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes overdrive rakuten. Strangers at the feast book by jennifer vanderbes official. In 1995, science writer jared diamond popularized the collapse theory in a discover magazine. Opinion a parable of selfdestruction the new york times. Easter island was once a haven for its inhabitants. Mar 17, 2018 easter islands demise is a lesson for the world.
The inquiry into many mysteries surrounding easter island is extremely fascinating and thoroughly researched. Strangers at the feast family conflict, fascinating social commentary, and a riveting plot converge in jennifer vanderbes stunning strangers at the feast, a thriller that also raises large and haunting questions about the meaning of guilt, innocence, and justice. She recreates the trip of a lifetime for readers with vivid, remarkable images and insightful, informative captions to compliment the beautiful watercolors. We all know that the easter island heads have bodies thats not a mystery at all. Reading guide for easter island by jennifer vanderbes. A recent trip to easter island inspired her newest book. Scientists and historians have since solved the mystery. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Book clubs at book passage, put together this interview with jennifer vanderbes. Book your tickets online for rapa nui national park, easter island.
Easter island remains one of the most mysterious places in the world. Easter island a novel epub jennifer vanderbes achat. I knew that it was the most remote inhabited island in the world, and i knew. Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth, easter island, located in the midpacific ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated its inhabitants, the rapa nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism, civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their population crash on more than one occasi. Scientists finally discovered the truth about easter island. Easter island, also known as rapa nui, is a 63squaremile spot of land in the pacific ocean. Easter island a washington post and christian science monitor best book of the year a rich and worldly first novel. In the book, routledge and her companions explore the secret caves, ancient roads, pyramid platforms. Of volcanic origin, easter island is mostly covered with grasslands and is swept by strong trade winds. Easter island books 101 books goodreads share book. Slightly out of tune by idir aitsahalia easter island by jennifer vanderbes. Elsa, an edwardian englishwoman, is forced by circumstance to leave the man she loves and agree to a marriage of convenience. Jun 01, 2004 weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal, through the eyes of two exceptional young women living nearly a century apart who journey to the most remote island in the world easter island. She was a mccreight fellow in fiction at the university of.
Published to international acclaim, jennifer vanderbess first book, easter island, was hailed as one of those rare novels that. About easter island in this extraordinary fiction debutrich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passiontwo remarkable narratives converge on easter island, one of the most remote places. This guidebook includes the islands history, culture and all of its significant archaeological sites. My selfguided tour plan leads me to another question. Vanderbes s first novel won critical acclaim and was selected best book of the year in 2003 by the washington post. Jennifer vanderbes is an american novelist, journalist and screenwriter. May 17, 2003 easter island by jennifer vanderbes little, brown. Weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal, through the eyes of two exceptional young women living nearly a century apart who journey to the most remote island in the world easter island. Restrained passion and conflicted loyalties drive this sweeping debut novel, in which two women of different eras experience the mysteries of easter island. The tuesday evening bhpl book group will discuss easter island by jennifer vanderbes tomorrow at 7. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes 40 times kontiki. The lonely planet, rough guide or travel guides along those lines tend to only cover easter island in a fairly small section in part of a larger volume concerned with chile or south america. Although elsa, a young englishwoman, loves a german man she has met, he has inconveniently returned to germany and she doesnt know when, or even if, she will see him again. It details routledges journey by yacht from england to south america, around patagonia to chile and on to easter island, giving an account of its life, history and folklore.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jennifer vanderbes mixes two love stories with a good helping of myth in her debut novel, easter island. Why did you pick easter island as the backdrop for your story. Easter island is a remote, triangularshaped, treeless, island in the pacific. Its 14 miles long and 7 miles across, at its widest, and there is a dormant volcano at each corner. The immediate fate of liberal capitalism, which plunges into a free fall towards the implosion of a black hole boosted by the constant growth of a systemic crisis and that is inevitably attracted by the sucking maelstrom of an ominous global collapse, shows fascinating similarities with the sudden extinction of the moai culture that took place in easter island. It provided them with all of their needs, food, shelter, tools, and even the ability to create great works of art. Elsa beazley arrives at easter island in 1916 with her new husband and her mentally handicapped sister. They abused this eden, and turned it into a disaster, with almost no natural resources. While at yale, she began writing for the yale daily news and was featured on cbs evening news for her investigation into a suspicious egg donor agency that was then closed down due to her reporting. Dec 15, 2014 a companion to easter island guide to rapa nui james grant peterkin on. For decades, scientists have studied this remote island in the south pacific and its hundreds of giant stone statues known as moai. Informational nonfiction, 585 words, level m grade 2, lexile 690l. Apr 29, 2020 browse and book from the best vacation rentals with prices in easter island.
This is the first novel ive seen about this island of mystery. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes nook book ebook. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of easter island by jennifer vanderbes. Easter island books tagged easter island librarything. Jennifer vanderbes has several stories going on at once in her 2003 novel easter island. But how did the easter island population build hundreds of statues. The mysteries of easter island the mysteries of easter island. Publication date 2003 topics women, british, americans, anthropologists spouses, women botanists publisher new york. Weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal. In 2003, her debut novel easter island dial press was named one of the best books of the year by the christian science monitor and the washington post. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read easter island.
Jun 03, 2003 in parallel narratives, vanderbes describes the movements of a german naval fleet pursued by british warships, which anchored off and perhaps visited easter islandand also the 1973 journey of dr. We set to work to excavate some of the statues which stood on the slope of the raraku mountain. Vacation rentals in easter island, chile tripadvisor. Strangers at the feast by jennifer vanderbes on thanksgiving day 2007, as the. Both women are curious and intelligent, and both experience betrayal and loss as well as true friendship and love. Slowly unearthing the islands haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever.
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