I Don't Remember My Father's Face: A Memoir
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From the ashes of destitute, rose a story of one man's journey with ferocity and defiance against all odds. Birthed at the heels of the great depression in a tiny Pacific Island, 'Uliti's life was nothing but ordinary; that is, until his father passed away at a tender age of four as his world collapsed and shattered to pieces.He could not escape this unbearable pain of the past. How could he forget his humble beginning of who he is? He was born a poor boy, a life of lack and scarcity. A nobody, shun by shame and guilt. It grounds you, deep roots you; turns you into a man, even as a child. Yet he wondered, 'is this all I am amount to?''Uliti, took the road less traveled as he thumped to find his way through this harsh reality as he discovered his truth?Poverty is dangerous, it's a mindset. Happiness is precarious. Reality is cruel. We live for today and try to hide our past; yet we cannot escape it's hold. The shadow of yester years haunted him. He had risen from dust of poverty to the top. He established a legacy in Tonga. And yet, he wondered, who am I really? What is my life's purpose? Why can't I break free from my past?
