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Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander
Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander | Victoria Goddard
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"Someone always leaves." That's what Tovo has been saying to anyone who asks him why his great-nephew Kip Mdang isn't at his side, isn't fulfilling the tasks and obligations of the tanà, isn't there to tend the fire, isn't home. "Someone always leaves," Tovo reminds them. "Kip will return when it's time." He wonders, though. He wonders if his errant grand-nephew was really as bright and as promising as they all thought he was. He wonders if Kip has forgotten the Lays, forgotten what it means to be an Islander, forgotten everything that Tovo taught him. Of course, the simplest solution to Tovo's doubts is to go and see for himself. Someone always leaves, after all. Even to the other side of the world.
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This takes place during The Hands of the Emperor and follows Buru Tovo as he goes to visit Kip and see if he's forgotten all that Tovo had taught him. I loved this! Also, the reveal that this respected (and absolute troll of an) elder is very very queer is overshadowed by the follow-up reveals of some of his sexual exploits and OMG TOVO I'M SCREAMING. Goddard is both a gem for giving us these stories and evil because I need the next novel!

silentrequiem Also do not read before The Hands of the Emperor. Which honestly is one of the best books ever. 2y
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