Island Fire

Island Fire is the second book in a trilogy by Heather Whipp. The trilogy begins late in the nineteenth century on a Pacific Island. It incorporates the key elements of love, envy, greed, prejudice, and faith. The author has reproduced the island atmosphere by painting word pictures of village life so that the reader can almost smell the smoke from the women's wood fires, hear the beat of the slit drums, and the crash of surf onto the beach. Island Fire is an imaginative and powerful...
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Island Fire is the second book in a trilogy by Heather Whipp. The trilogy begins late in the nineteenth century on a Pacific Island. It incorporates the key elements of love, envy, greed, prejudice, and faith. The author has reproduced the island atmosphere by painting word pictures of village life so that the reader can almost smell the smoke from the women's wood fires, hear the beat of the slit drums, and the crash of surf onto the beach. Island Fire is an imaginative and powerful continuation of the story woven around Ellie Griffiths, adopted daughter of a missionary couple to Tautoka Island, New Hebrides. When Ellie is sent away from her island home to Port Vila, she struggles to comply with the rules applying to her training as a nurse. Ellie's love for her island fiancé, Tari, provokes prejudice within the expatriate community. With her stern tutor Dr. Garth Williams, the registrar of the British hospital watching over her, Ellie is prevented from making contact with Tari, until her training is completed. Forced to face unpleasant, and at times, life threatening incidents, Ellie finds the doctor a sympathetic friend. He becomes an influential part of her life when, along with her family, she reluctantly leaves the shores of the New Hebrides.What does life hold for Ellie in her new country?Will she ever find love that matches the passion and loyalty she had for Tari?