This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on molokai by alan brennert. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading daughter of molokai. Alan brennert is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. His novel molokai was a national bestseller and a one book, one san diego selection for 2012. During much of this time, leprosy was feared and severely curtailed. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read moloka i. Alan brennert draws on historical accounts of kalaupapa and weaves in traditional hawaiian stories and customs.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Alan brennert has 57 books on goodreads with 311686 ratings. Hi everyone im curious about this book, and if you read it, what you thought of it. I cant discuss the plot without revealing at least one spoiler from the first book. Alan brennert draws on historical accounts of kalaupapa and weaves in traditional hawaiian stories and customs molokai is the story of people who had much taken from them but also gained an unexpected new family and community in the process.
Most of the novel takes place in the kalaupapa peninsula of the island of molokai, a place infamous for being the location of a. This book is fiction however it is based off of true events. Reading guide for daughter of molokai by alan brennert discussion guide for book clubs. The powerful debut novel from alan brennert, molokai tells the story of rachel kalama, a sevenyearold hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is quarantined on the island of molokai during the 1890s. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The chronicle of leprosyinfected rachel kalama begins in 1891 in honolulu and ends in the late 1960s on isolated molokai, site of the kalaupapa leprosy settlement. This is not usually the kind of novel molokai by alan brennert i normally read. New historical fiction novel by alan brennertcoming 21919 daughter of molokai is a wellwritten, poignant, and bittersweet novel. I recently purchased this book molokai by alan brennert on amazon for my wife. Alan brennert shows us the human side of institutional health care. Like brocker he chooses to focus on the human tragedy, both of individual sufferers and of those families who, while free from the disease themselves, were ostracized by their neighbors and employers. Robert morgan, author of gap creek alan brennert draws on historical accounts of kalaupapa and weaves in traditional hawaiian stories and customs molokai is the story of people who had much taken from them but also gained an unexpected new family and community in the process. I hope youll enjoy some more of the good books on the tq list as well as molokai. Today, there are effective medicines and treatments for hansens disease historically known as leprosy.
A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Robert morgan, author of gap creekalan brennert draws on historical accounts of kalaupapa and weaves in traditional hawaiian stories and customs. And, unlike the first book, very little of it takes place on molokai. A heart warming fantastic best selling novel that you should check out. Molokai by alan brennert book club discussion questions.
This richly imagined novel, set in hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a littleknown time and placeand a deeply moving testament to the. Usa today alan brennerts beloved novel molokai, currently. But the haole nonhawaiians were making their way there. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. It looks interesting, but would like to know if you thought it. Usa today bookriot bookbub libraryreads oc register never ending voyagethe highly anticipated sequel to alan brennerts acclaimed book club favorite, and national bestseller, molokaia novel of illumination and affection. When ruth was born to parents suffering from the disease, she was taken from them, within an hour. Alan brennert est scenariste laureat dun emmy award et romancier a succes. Set against the backdrop of the hawaiians loss of independence to the u. The disease is also not as communicable as once thought. In the late 19th century, hawaii was still a sovereign country. Rachel is forced to be sent to the island molokai within hawaii to a leprosy settlement camp in kalaupapa. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Alan brennert is the author of honolulu, palisades park, and molokai, which was a 20062007 booksense reading group pick.
Molokai by alan brennert 2004, paperback, revised for. It looks interesting, but would like to know if you thought it captured. This novel had been a national bestseller and i can understand why. There the only person she knows is her uncle who was sent there before her also diagnosed with leprosy. He grew up in new jersey but moved to california in 1973. In this emotional, gripping sequel to brennerts molokai, ruth utagawa, daughter of lepers but not afflicted herself, is taken from an orphanage and adopted by a japanese family, the watanab. Molokai is the story of rachel kalama, a young native hawaiian girl growing up in honolulu at the end of the19th century, who at age seven is diagnosed with hansens disease, taken from her family, and exiled to the leprosy settlement on a remote peninsula on the island of molokai. And bringing their diseases, most of which the native population hadnt experienced. Molokai by alan brennert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Daughter of molokai by alan brennert overdrive rakuten. Molokai is a haunting story of tragedy in a pacific paradise. The novel molokai tells a story full of tragedy and hope that spans seventynine years of history. Robert morgan, author of gap creek alan brennert draws on historical accounts of kalaupapa and weaves in traditional hawaiian stories and customs. The washington postmolokai is a haunting story of tragedy in a pacific paradise. Alan brennerts beloved novel molokai, currently has over 600,000 copies in print. Alan brennert is the author of the historical novels palisades park, honolulu chosen one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post, and molokai, which won the 2006 bookies award, sponsored by the contra costa library, for the book club book of the year and has sold over 600,000 copies since publication. Alan brings to the readers attention, the life of a girl who has a dream but derailed by circumstances but never gives up on her quest.
Agree its a wonderful book youll want to read before your trip to molokai, especially if youre planning on touring kalaupapa. Im the author of the bestselling historical novels molokai, honolulu, palisades park, and the forthcoming daughter of molokai feb. Separated from her family and forced to grow up in the leper colony of kalaupapa, rachel experiences intense isolation. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. However, this book spans 80 years from the late 1800s to 1970. Im alan brennert author of the bestselling historical. The story begins in 1916, in molokai hawaii, a place designated for people with hansens disease leprosy.
Molokai by alan brennert overdrive rakuten overdrive. Reading guide for daughter of molokai by alan brennert. Also if youre interested in other books specific to molokai, i highly recommend tales from the night rainbow by koko willis. Alan brennerts novel molokai is based on serious research into the history of this colony and includes brockers book in the authors note. I agree with blbl and deb, brennerts honolulu is not very good, but i read it all for the history. Daughter of molokai is the sequel to molokai by alan brennert. I dont have the knowledge to comment on the historical or cultural accuracy. He won an emmy award for his work as a writerproducer on the. This companion tale tells the story of ruth, the daughter that rachel kalamaquarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement of kalaupapawas forced to give up at birth. Im alan brennert author of the bestselling historical novel daughter of molokai, ask me anything.