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A first novel set in and around Honolulu after World War II depicts a young girl's struggle for her own identity in a large and complicated Hawaiian-Chinese family that is a mixture of traditions and racial identities.
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About the Author
Kathleen Tyau grew up on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. She lives in Oregon.
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Tyau's first novel, set in Honolulu during the years following WWII, is an evocative story of a Hawaiian girl whose extended family blends Chinese and Japanese traditions with the changing values of Hawaiian and American culture. In short chapters, we are guided through family meals, gatherings and outings by hip, young Suzanne Mahealani?"Mahi" for short?who, unlike the older generation of women in her clan, eventually goes to college, in Oregon. Mahi's voice is strong, but it can't carry the whole story line, which suffers from loose and sometimes confusing chronology and plotting. Still, Mahi coveys the rhythm of life on the island for a restless teenager and makes sharp observations about numerous, often hilarious family eating scenes: "At every nine-course dinner, as far back as I can remember, Aunty Nona waited until the food came out and we were ready to dive in. Then she'd make us wait while she took a picture. In all her photos, our heads are chopped off, but the food looks great." This light novel with serious moments conjures well the mood of the islands, which seem no longer exotic but still rich in folk wisdom.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0374189501
- ISBN 13 9780374189501
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages225
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