John E. Quinlan 
Tau Bada 

Tau Bada: The Quest of a Vulnerable Man is a true-action memoir (with more than 100 photographs) about new love, jungle confrontations, cross-cultural relationships, and, throughout, a personal journey to establish lasting values. It takes place in the moneyed Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, along little-traveled Western roads on a motorcycle, and mostly on the other side of the world. The author and his wife set out to develop a sustainable livelihood for themselves and hundreds of coffee and chilies farmers in remote Papua New Guinea. Dangerous, laughable and profound experiences follow – and revelations that connect us all.