Lillianhowan - Lillian Howan

Thank you to TuftsNow of Tufts University for selecting The Charm Buyers for Summer Reading! Thank you to Grace Talusan for writing The Charm Buyers review for Tufts!

Welcome readers!

A special welcome to travelers on the Magic Realism Blog Hop!

I’m the author of The Charm Buyers (University of Hawai’i Press 2017), a novel of love and magic, loss and renewal, set in Tahiti. I spent my early childhood in Tahiti and have returned several times since. Tahiti and the South Pacific is the home of my extended family and the final resting place of my mother and father.

In the islands, many cultures and realities coexist. What is magic to some, is reality for others. Magical realism becomes realistic magic. 

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the uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Manihi

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

World Oceans Day

Baobob Tree, Manoa Valley

Three Dogs, atoll of Puka-Puka

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields, Biodynamic and Organic Ranch, Napa Valley

Happy New Year, dear friends!