Euphoria by Lily King
Historical fiction of three anthropologists studying tribes in New Guinea in the 1930s and how the three interact not only with the indigenous people but with each other. This atmospheric story, providing vivid details of tribes living along the Sepik River of the South Pacific is based loosely on the life of anthropologist Margaret Mead. With exotic settings, intriguing characters, a romantic triangle, this stimulating tale is ultimately one of self-discovery and self -destruction.