Always Never Knowing Mariana Islands The Lost Child (I Malingu

The Lost Child (I Malingu na Påtgon) depicts key CHamoru values

and powerful imagery

their hardship and resilience during the war

resilience of the village parishioners through earthquakes

a yo'åmte who passed her knowledge on to Mama Lou to keep the tradition alive

Always Never Knowing Mariana Islands The Lost Child (I MalinguAlways Never Knowing is a collection of stories following Jiavonna Vonna Cepeda through her adolescence in southern Guam. Each short story explores different moments in Vonnas life when she must balance the expectations of her strict parents with her own desires and expectations for herself. Each new experience seems to bring more questions than answersabout her home, her relationships, and her cultural identity. Vonna must decide whom she wants to