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Is part of Materena Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000- series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Breadfruit
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'When a drunken Pito proposes to Materena, she initially thinks it's just the booze talking. As she nevertheless starts planning, she juggles everyday life only to have Pito act as though he's forgotten his proposal.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother, Viola Vaite, who taught me that love is the greatest motive of all. And in the loving memory of my Godmother, Henriette Estall, who taught me to believe in willpower and to get up after each fall.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 2000 .
      Extent: 324p.
      Description: illus., port.
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      • 'First published in Australia and New Zealand in 2000 by Bantam.' (verso)
      ISBN: 1863252444
    • Auckland, Auckland (Region), North Island,
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      New Zealand,
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      Pacific Region,      :       Vintage NZ ,       2000 .
      Extent: 324p.
      ISBN: 1869414292
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Canada,
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      Americas,      :       Penguin Books ,       2005 .
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      Extent: 339p.
      ISBN: 0143052632
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2006 .
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      Extent: 339p.p.
      Edition info: Rev. ed.
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      • On verso: First published in 2000 by Transworld publishers, a division of Random House Australia Pty. Ltd.
      ISBN: 1921145021
Alternative title: Unter dem Frangipani-Baum : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Blanvalet ,       2002 .
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      Extent: 380p.
      ISBN: 3442355834
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Works about this Work

Under the Frangipani Tree Kylie Stevenson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Breadfruit Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000 single work novel ; Frangipani Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2004 single work novel ; Tiare : The Husband Who Didn't Deserve His Wife and Everything that Happened Next Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2006 single work novel
A Writer in Touch with Tahitian Scents Jenna Price , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2004; (p. 14)
Aunties and Mamas Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 December 2000; (p. 3)
Under the Frangipani Tree Kylie Stevenson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Breadfruit Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000 single work novel ; Frangipani Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2004 single work novel ; Tiare : The Husband Who Didn't Deserve His Wife and Everything that Happened Next Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2006 single work novel
A Writer in Touch with Tahitian Scents Jenna Price , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2004; (p. 14)
Aunties and Mamas Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 December 2000; (p. 3)
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