Trade paperback edition in good condition. Some cover wear. Fine reading copy.
“There is beauty in the least beautiful of things.”
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little known time and place—and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end—but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka’i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death.
*Challenged for themes of suffering, the harshness of government actions towards Native Hawaiians, and intense medical descriptions.
Read Alikes for Moloka’i: Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert; The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama; The Colony by John Tayman; Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport
Trade paperback edition in good condition. Some cover wear. Fine reading copy.
“There is beauty in the least beautiful of things.”
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little known time and place—and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end—but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka’i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death.
*Challenged for themes of suffering, the harshness of government actions towards Native Hawaiians, and intense medical descriptions.
Read Alikes for Moloka’i: Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert; The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama; The Colony by John Tayman; Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport
ISBN 978-0-312-30435-5
Alan Brennert
2003
Bookies Award Winner
