| View Larger Image | Moloka'i | Paperbackby Alan Brennert (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin | | Page Count: | 400 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 04, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 2,380nd |
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Product Description
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. Such is the warmth, humor, and compassion of this novel that "few readers will remain unchanged by Rachel's story" (mostlyfiction.com). |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 154 reviews)
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Loved this book!!! by NewMom09 (St. Louis, MO USA)  5 Stars
November 09, 2009
As a child we went to Hawaii every year for our family vacation. This book took me right back to the Islands!
I personally loved the atitude portrayed in this book. Despite all of the bad, good was still had and seen through all. I truly enjoyed this book! This was one of our Book Club selections and we all enjoyed it! It is long but a very quick read! Highly recommend it!!! I am asking for Honolulu for Christmas!
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I just stopped caring by Jeffrey B. Shalek  2 Stars
November 03, 2009
Once you catch grasp of the premise, this is a very predictable tale. Girl gets leprosy and is quarantined. Nuns take good 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 love with a man without 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 Governor 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 author really could have brought us close to her, but instead, spun a dragged out tale through the years, which left me skimming the pages just to see what else would happen. You could skim this book in an hour and take away the same thing as one who read it word by word.
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Moloka'i by Jerri Livingston (Chesterfield, MO) 5 Stars
October 27, 2009
I didn't think I would enjoy this book. I read it only because my book group was reading. I ended up really enjoying it!!
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Great expectation by Dorothy Sandford (thousand oaks ca usa)  4 Stars
October 24, 2009
Fast delivery and book condition was as stated. I am enjoying this book for a book club. I am satisfied with the experience and would purchase more books from seller.
I read alot and found this an easy way to find my books at a reasonable price.
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Great Read by H. Kale 5 Stars
October 19, 2009
I really enjoyed this book. It was such a heart warming story of this girls life. The author put you through a roller coaster of emotions. It was funny but at the same time sad. It was scary and thrilling. Just an all around great book!
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