Written by a native daughter of the Visayas, Philippines, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan's devastation of the Philippines, this touching memoir tells the story of what it was like growing up in the tiny fishing village of Guinob-an, in Eastern Samar, Philippines during the 1970's when there was no electricity, no running water and people lived a simple, beautiful life of fishing and coconut farming. The youngest of twelve children and the daughter of a native fisherman, Lorena Llevado raced down to the beach every day to meet her father when he would return from fishing; she walked with...