A review by mobcob
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

4.0

What an uncomfortable book about an uncomfortable man. This is not the Hawaii book I was looking for, full of ancient myths and dreams of independence, but perhaps what I was looking for was a simplistic view of the islands that is comfortable for my tourist mind. I was uncomfortable reading about the ultra rich of the islands with their private schools and private clubs even as this uncomfortable man moved with ease through them. Also how did nobody think of donating the land to a conservancy to keep the nature and the heritage preserved?! Am I really that much of a hippy (please hold me in contradiction to the ultra rich hippies in his family who don't shower and believe that mindfulness is a cure for all.