✍ Scribed by Alan Brennert
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of seeing the far-off lands that her father, a merchant seaman, often visits. But at the age of seven, Rachel and her dreams are shattered by the discovery that she has leprosy. Forcibly removed from her family, she is sent to Kalaupapa, the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i.
In her exile she finds a family of friends to replace the family she's lost: a native healer, Haleola, who becomes her adopted "auntie" and makes Rachel aware of the rich culture and mythology of her people; Sister Mary Catherine Voorhies, one of the Franciscan sisters who care for young girls at Kalaupapa; and the beautiful, worldly Leilani, who harbors a surprising secret. At Kalaupapa she also meets the man she will one day marry.
True to historical accounts, Moloka'i is the story of an extraordinary human drama, the full scope and pathos of which...
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
**NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY:****_USA Today_**** _ * _****_BookRiot_**** _ * BookBub_**** _ * _****_LibraryReads_**** _ * _****_OC Register_****** **** **The highly anticipated sequel to Alan Brennert's acclaimed book club favorite, and national bestseller,_Moloka'i_** ** __** **_
Más de ciento cincuenta años han empleado los filólogos y especialistas alemanes en dilucidar la auténtica paternidad de esta intensa novela erótica, publicada por primera vez en 1815. Por fin, la inmensa mayoría de ellos coincide en otorgársela, de forma definitiva y concluyente, al gran escritor r
Por si no lo he dicho antes, estamos hablando de Conil de la Frontera, un pueblo marinero situado en la región más antigua y más ofendida de occidente: la costa gaditana. El pueblo no es muy grande y visto de lejos, se asemeja a un brochazo blanco sobre la playa je llaman de los Bateles. Sin embargo