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Daughter of Moloka'i

Daughter of Moloka'i

Book 2019

Alan Brennert's beloved novel Moloka'i, currently has over 600,000 copies in printing This companion tale tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama-quarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa-was forced to give up at birth. The book follows young Ruth from her arrival at the Kapi'olani Home for Girls in Honolulu, to her adoption by a Japanese couple who raise her on a strawberry and grape farm i...