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My Name Is Airuarii: The life story of Beatrice Airuarii Mou Sang Teinauri, as told to Zyla Tahi

Author :  Beatrice Airuarii Mou Sang Teinauri

Product Details

Country
Tahiti
Publisher
Zyla Tahi,Tahiti
ISBN 9782958677039
Format PaperBack
Language French
Year of Publication 2022
Bib. Info 96p.
Categories Literature
Product Weight 150 gms.
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Biography Beatrice Airuarii Mou Sang Teinauri, half Polynesian and half Chinese, was born in 1977 during France's nuclear testing period in French Polynesia. Between 1966 and 1974, the tests were conducted in the air, and then underground until 1998. Many people in Beatrice's family have cancer. Strangely, both her mother and herself were affected by myeloid leukemia, acute for her mother and chronic for her. Her mother passed away in 2014 at the age of 55 and was easily recognized as a victim of France's nuclear testing. Beatrice's battle against the disease was long and painful. She was 35 years old and pregnant with her first and only child when her chronic leukemia was discovered. Beatrice opposed the doctors who wanted to interrupt her pregnancy to treat her with chemotherapy. Thanks to an elderly hematologist close to retirement, she was able to keep her child and receive effective treatment for her chronic myeloid leukemia which is still in remission. Her son is doing well. In 2017, Beatrice embarked on a long battle with French institutions to be recognized as a victim of nuclear testing. After a series of failures, she finally won and was recognized as a victim of nuclear testing in February 2022. Beatrice Airuarii tells her life story, which is that of many Polynesians after France's nuclear testing in French Polynesia.

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