Moloka'i by Alan Brennert is historical fiction based on the lives of people living in Kalaupapa, the leper colony on Moloka'i. The book follows Rachel Kalama, who at seven years old is taken away from her family in Honolulu to live the rest of her life in Kalaupapa.
This is a beautifully written book full of the untold tales of Kalaupapas residents daily lives, from the time of King Kalakaua through WWII and into the the 1970's.
Brennert writes with such compassion, I was moved to tears by this book.
Highly recommended.
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