A16/Audio book Cds Ex Library- in the case Unabridged An Island Odyssey 10 Hours 15 minutes

Two young Australians arrive unannounced on a remote Melanesian island and ask its residents if they can live with them for a year. Granted this request cut off from the outside world living without electricity telephones running water two-way radios or even access to an ocean-going boat Roger Averill and his anthropologist partner adapt to life in a subsistence culture and find themselves overwhelmed by the generosity of their hosts. Treacherous sea voyages cyclones a drug-induced psychotic episode and encounters with maverick American missionaries all add to the adventure. As the health of the couple steadily deteriorates from repeated bouts of malaria their relationships with the islanders intensify to form deep and lasting bonds.