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Honolulu

Author: Alan Brennert
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Honolulu" is the richly imagined story of Jin, a young "picture bride" who leaves her native Korea, and journeys to Hawaii in 1914 in search of a better life.
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Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alan Brennert
ISBN: 9780312360405 0312360401
OCLC Number: 237325319
Description: 360 p. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Alan Brennert.

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A story of Jin, a young 'picture bride' who leaves her native Korea - where girls are so little valued that she is known as Regret - and journeys to Hawaii in 1914 in search of a better life.  Read more...

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PRAISE FOR "Honolulu," selected as "One of the Best Books of 2009" by "The Washington Post," and winner of "Elle"’s Lettres 2009 Grand Prix for Fiction

“A sweeping, meticulously researched saga that sees it plucky heroine, a mistreated but independent-minded Korean mail-order bride, through the highs and lows of life in twentieth-century Hawai’i, this book extends our readers’ tradition of favoring lush, flavorful historical novels.” –"Elle
" “A well-researched and deftly written tale….For sheer readability, it's a hit…. Brennert has a good eye for places we can't see anymore: plantation life before the unions gained power; Chinatown when it was all tenements; Waikiki before the high-rises started going up. And it's clear he has real affection for the little people and places he so vividly brings to life. He's not just using historic Honolulu as a place to set a novel; he's bringing it to life for people who haven Read more...

 
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