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Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
4.0
I was so very excited to see that Alan Brennert wrote a second book about Moloka'i.
This book could easily be read as a stand-alone, however, I think it really enhances it by reading Moloka'i first. Daughter of Moloka'i is not about the the leprosy colony of Moloka'i. It is about a daughter that is born to lepers in the colony. The daughter's name is Ruth. Ruth is adopted to a Japanese-American family and then moved to California. The move to California coincides with WWII. This book is predominately about Ruth and her family in the relocation camps after Pearl Harbor.
I really enjoy Brennert's descriptive writing. His descriptions of Hawaii and California are beautiful. The time frame of this book is from the 1930's until the 1960's. There is so much that happens in that time frame, that there were times where the story felt rushed. I could have read about the relocation camps in more detail. (Now, I am going to go find more books about them)
I am so glad that Brennert did write this follow up book. Not quite as good as the first, but still worth reading.
This book could easily be read as a stand-alone, however, I think it really enhances it by reading Moloka'i first. Daughter of Moloka'i is not about the the leprosy colony of Moloka'i. It is about a daughter that is born to lepers in the colony. The daughter's name is Ruth. Ruth is adopted to a Japanese-American family and then moved to California. The move to California coincides with WWII. This book is predominately about Ruth and her family in the relocation camps after Pearl Harbor.
I really enjoy Brennert's descriptive writing. His descriptions of Hawaii and California are beautiful. The time frame of this book is from the 1930's until the 1960's. There is so much that happens in that time frame, that there were times where the story felt rushed. I could have read about the relocation camps in more detail. (Now, I am going to go find more books about them)
I am so glad that Brennert did write this follow up book. Not quite as good as the first, but still worth reading.