An extraordinary memoir of an immigrant son's story of a better future
The heart-rending yet ultimately uplifting story of an immigrant family from Samoa overcoming poverty, bullying, and racism, as told by Vitale Lafaele, who came to New Zealand with his parents to Grey Lynn in the 1970s at the time of the dawn raids. It is book about overcoming obstacles in New Zealand's history, as well as a story of hope and success against the odds. Vitale Lafaele came from a place of darkness to become an SAS soldier and one of New Zealand's most decorated policemen.