Honolulu is the rich, unforgettable story of a young picture bride who journeys to Hawaii in 1914 in search of a better life. With its passionate knowledge of people and places in Hawaii far off the tourist track, Honolulu is a spellbinding story of the triumphs and sacrifices of the human spirit that is sure to become another reading group favourite. Honolulu by Brennert, Alan at .uk - ISBN 10: 1250000521 - ISBN 13: 9781250000521 - St. Best-selling author Alan Brennert blends history and fiction to showcase Hawaiis dynamic past in this captivating. Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of.

Prospering along with her adopted city, which is fast growing from a small territorial capital to the great multicultural city it is today, Jin can never forget the people she left behind in Korea, and returns one last time to make peace with her former life. With characters as vivid and richly descriptive as the history of Hawaii itself, this novel is sure to enthrall listeners. Struggling to build a business with the help of her fellow picture brides, Jin finds both opportunity and prejudice, but ultimately transforms herself from a naive young girl into a resourceful woman. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, Honolulu explores the stark contrast between the image of the glamorous Hawaiian paradise portrayed to the mainland and the harsh reality of life on the island. Instead of the prosperous young husband and the chance at an education she has been promised, Jin is quickly married off to a poor, embittered labourer who takes his disappointments out on his new wife, forcing her to make her own way in a strange land.

Honolulu is the richly imagined story of Jin, a young picture bride who leaves her native Korea – where girls are so little valued that she is known as Regret – and journeys to Hawaii in 1914 in search of a better life.

From the bestselling author of the 'dazzling historical saga' (The Washington Post), Moloka'i, comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride in a ramshackle town that becomes a great modern city. About the Book From the bestselling author of the dazzling historical saga (Washington Post) Molokai comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride.

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