While they're bickering, Daphne's finding her place in the Woman's Place, making beer and birthing babies.
These two get along about as well as Twinkies and hot sauce.
More people arrive, including the priest Ataba, who doesn't take kindly to Mau's blaspheming of the gods. Don't you hate it when that happens? But, surprise surprise, they become friends and co-survivors after overcoming their initial embarrassing miscommunications. It's your typical boy-meets-girl story: Mau thinks Daphne's a ghost Daphne tries to shoot Mau. It crashes on Mau's island, also killing everyone aboard except one: a young girl named Ermintrude. Also caught up in the wave is a European ship called the Sweet Judy. This is a deadly wave, one that kills almost an entire island nation, leaving just one survivor: a young boy named Mau. You can find Nation at major booksellers.First comes the wave. As the story comes to an end, Mau and Daphne make a shocking discovery on the island that changes their understanding of the world. And even in this dystopian landscape as they struggle to build something new, haunted by a nation that no longer exists, they challenge the traditional role of gender. Together, they discover the need for science and religion, and what it means to shape one’s own system of belief instead of taking everything at face value. They explore what it means to be an individual in a world full of customs and traditions, often at odds with each other. Even in this fanciful environment, which isn’t that different from our own, if you really think about it, the characters carry the story. Nation is full of action, a smidge of magic and magical thinking, and has a few fantastical creatures like tree climbing octopi and death himself. Along the way, they milk a pig, learn about breastfeeding, and chew meat for an elderly woman. Pratchett weaves humor and heart through the serious themes as the characters struggle through language and cultural barriers. Through it all, Mau is steadfast, even as the voices of his ancestor’s haunt him. Mau and Daphne struggle to build a new society with other survivors who eventually wash up on their shore. Until then, she must work with Mau to survive. Naturally, she is the daughter of the 137th heir to the throne of England and expects a timely rescue. Soon, he finds Daphne, a shipwreck survivor. Mau returns from a rite of passage on a neighboring island, anxious for his transition into manhood, but a tsunami has swept his island nation away. Pratchett, known for his Discworld series, lures the reader in with well-developed characters and a masterfully crafted world. This coming-of-age story takes place on a tropical island in an alternate universe on an earth like ours in the 1860s. What happens when cultures collide? Sir Terry Pratchett explores this in his often-hilarious book, Nation, released in the U.S.
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