01566nam a22002417a 4500 PH-MaWHO 20250423090443.0 250423b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0312304358 9780312304355 DLC eng WPRO Library DLC rda Brennert, Alan. 675659 Moloka'i New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. 405 pages; 21 cm. This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i 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." Women--Hawaii Fiction 675660 Adoptees Fiction 675661 Mothers and daughters Fiction 674845 Hawaii 179641 Historical fiction 674578 nml MONO 18237 18237 0 0 nml 0 0 FIC WPRO WPRO Mez 2025-04-23 donation 0 FIC BRE Moloka'i FIC0195 2025-04-23 09:06:51 2025-04-23 MONO