Moloka’i
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- ISBN13: 9780312304355
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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This richly imagined novel, set in Hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a small-known time and place—and a deeply moving tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit.
Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-ancient 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 persons dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family tree, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end—but as a replacement for she discovers it is only just beginning.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka’i is the right-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death. Such is the warmth, humor, and compassion of this novel that “few readers will remain unchanged by Rachel’s tale” (mostlyfiction.com).
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All I have to say is Shark Dialouges by Kiana Davenport, This book was nearly the same tale save for the fact that the heroine doesnt turn into a shark. Grandma’s name was also Pono. Now I know Pono, Lono, Leilani, Kimo and Lopaka are all commonly used Hawaiian names (theres at least two in my family tree) but some on now
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This book did not live up to my expectations. It was an OK read but I would not recommend it to an avid reader.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
The further I got into this book, the more immature I thought the tale-writing got. Although I loved the time period, the history and the theme, the tale-line was too adolescent, even after Rachel became a wife and widow and releasee. As Rachel got older, and stronger, the tale seemed to get more and more contrived. I was let down.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
It’s been over a month and I still haven’t received this book. I paid the same amount for shipping on two additional books that were hardcover and larger, and I received persons in less than 1 week. I want a refund-poor service!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Once you catch grasp of the premise, this is a very predictable tale. Girl gets leprosy and is quarantined. Nuns take excellent care of her, but her friends all die. Everyone close to her dies; she outlives everyone. She runs away when she is ten, she is awkward as a teenager, she falls in like with a man lacking the disease when she is 20, is a guinea pig for a research lab, marries, has a child which she can’t keep, shows signs of deformity, all the while the world progresses around her. Oh yeah, she gets to meet the Administrator of Hawaii. Isn’t that special.
There is nothing special at all about the protagonist, except she has leprosy, and about 150 pages into the book, I just stopped caring. The leader really could have brought us close to her, but as a replacement for, spun a dragged out tale through the years, which left me skimming the pages just to see what else would take place. You could skim this book in an hour and take away the same thing as one who read it word by word.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5