03052cam a2200529 4500 2260894252 TxAuBib 20250522120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781429902281 1429902280 B002H8ORMU Amazon 1952efda-14fb-49f9-95bd-f1262b572870 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 512754 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Brennert, Alan. Moloka'i [Bridges eBook] : A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Colonial American History. leprosy leper colonies. award-winning author. hawaiian characters. club recommendation. Early 20th Century. Historical Fiction. author of honolulu. Pacific Islanders. gifts for friends. Hansens Disease. allan brennart. Coming of age. reading group. Bestselling. Imperialism. polynesian. kalaupapa. colony. 1900s. HTML:<p>Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of seeing the far-off lands that her father, a merchant seaman, often visits. But at the age of seven, Rachel and her dreams are shattered by the discovery that she has leprosy. Forcibly removed from her family, she is sent to Kalaupapa, the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i.<br /> In her exile she finds a family of friends to replace the family she's lost: a native healer, Haleola, who becomes her adopted "auntie" and makes Rachel aware of the rich culture and mythology of her people; Sister Mary Catherine Voorhies, one of the Franciscan sisters who care for young girls at Kalaupapa; and the beautiful, worldly Leilani, who harbors a surprising secret. At Kalaupapa she also meets the man she will one day marry.<br /> True to historical accounts, <i>Moloka'i</i> is the story of an extraordinary human drama, the full scope and pathos of which has never been told before in fiction. But Rachel's life, though shadowed by disease, isolation, and tragedy, is also one of joy, courage, and dignity. This is a story about life, not death; hope, not despair. It is not about the failings of flesh, but the strength of the human spirit.</p>. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-05-21 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1952EFDA-14FB-49F9-95BD-F1262B572870&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1952EFDA-14FB-49F9-95BD-F1262B572870&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)