Chapter 8 - Between Times

this seems a brilliant idea - she reflects on her story "in the now," in the present - "I ask - what would Pohnpeins do?"

(121) 'They also reported that after I had left, my adopted family gave a feast and ate my plump dog..."

(123) her work produced no published results -the project failed, at least partly

(123) "Between those two brackets of loss, I happened upon a space that was mine alone and decided to write this book."

she was there 1970-2, began writing in 1985, first published 1989 - yet it's so rich (up to this point) - good notes and good writing - perhaps distance equals productive, deep reflection that comes with age and experience