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Summary: The story of Yank, as he confronts his past and his attitudes to race and family. Yank is the product of a wartime fling between his mother, Lena, and a visiting United States marine. Lena's troubles deepen with the return of her husband, Henry Takahe, a distinguished Maori officer. Henry's sense of pride and outrage drive him to bash his disgraced wife and to shun her and Yank. Yank's discovery of the identity of his American father and his trip to the U.S. teach him about ethnicity and identity