M O L O K A ' I

by

Alan Brennert

"A moving story ... a vivid picture of Hawai'i before it became the Touristland it is today"
- Larry McMurtry

"Moving and elegiac" - The Honolulu Star-Bulletin

"COMPELLINGLY ORIGINAL...POIGNANT...BRENNERT'S COMPASSION MAKES RACHEL A MEMORABLE CHARACTER, AND HIS SMOOTH STORYTELLING VIVIDLY BRINGS EARLY 20TH CENTURY HAWAII TO LIFE...A TOUCHING, LOVELY ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN'S JOURNEY AS SHE RISES ABOVE THE LIMITATIONS OF A DEVASTATING ILLNESS." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

"MOLOKA'I is a haunting story of tragedy in a Pacific paradise. The book opens a window on a world of dazzling beauty, and ugly disease and fear, and the courage of a young woman in the Hawai'i of a hundred years ago. It is a story of romance and humanity, and struggle with the pain of isolation, in a place faraway in time, yet very close in intimacy and vividness, exact detail, giving us a sense of community and true kinship across time. It is a story of victory."
--Robert Morgan, author of GAP CREEK

"MOLOKA'I transported me to a place I never thought I'd want to go--a 19th century Hawaiian leper colony. But Alan Brennert meticulously paints this world, making it resonate with our own, in which disease is still politicized and made a moral issue. Out of the tragedy of the ostracized and the afflicted, he tells a story of triumph and transcendence."
--Karen Essex, author of KLEOPATRA and PHARAOH

"A generous portrait of a brave full life, in a beautiful land that's both prison and refuge. Alan Brennert has brought eighty years of little-known history to engrossingly specific life--as inspiring as it is heart-breaking."
--Jonathan Strong, author of A CIRCLE AROUND HER

Arriving in bookstores October 2003

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SIGNING SCHEDULE !!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003 - 7 PM
Dutton's Bookstore,
11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90049
Phone: (310) 476-6263

Thursday, October 9th, 2003 - 7 PM
Vroman's Bookstore,
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101
Phone: (626) 449-5320

Tuesday, October 14th, 2003 - 7 PM
Book Soup,
South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa CA 92626
Phone:(714) 689-2665

Monday, October 20th, 2003 - 7 PM
Book Passage,
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera CA 94925
Phone: (415) 927-0960

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003 - 7 PM
Third Place Books,
Lake Forest Town Centre, 17171 Bethell Way NE, Lake Forest Park (Seattle) WA 98155
Phone: (206) 366-3333

Thursday, October 23rd, 2003 - 7:30 PM
23rd Avenue Books,
1015 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland OR 97210
Phone: (503) 224-5097

Saturday, November 1st, 2003 - 12 PM
Borders Books & Music,
94-849 Lumiaina Street, Waipahu, Oahu, HI 96797
Phone: (808) 676-6699

Saturday, November 1st, 2003 - 2 PM
Borders Books & Music,
Ward Centre, 1200 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Oahu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 591-8995

Sunday, November 2nd, 2003 - 1 PM
Borders Books & Music,
Maui Marketplace, 270 Dairy Road, Kahului, Maui, HI 96732
Phone: (808) 877-6160

For more writing by Alan Brennert, visit The Alan Brennert Bibliography