Question

A character of this ethnicity loses contact with his eldest son, who joins the Brown Fists gang, and becomes homeless after discovering Grace hanged herself. A character who is partly this ethnicity lives in ■END■

ANSWER: Māori [prompt on New Zealanders; the first novel is Potiki]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas C5115
Oliver WuOklahoma ARice12610
Ryan HumphreyTexas BOklahoma B12810

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%120.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%0%92.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%100%0%55.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%101.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%20%92.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%102.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%97.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%126.50