Trade paperback original in pictorial wraps with flaps. Canadian author's first book; a haunting story of age-old mysteries and fresh betrayal, of love and need, set against the fertile beauty of Hawaii.

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Title

Daughters of Captain Cook (First Edition)

Publisher

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988. First edition., Toronto

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

0886191718

ISBN 13

9780886191719

Binding

Trade Paperback Original

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine Plus.

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Canadian Literature

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Kansas-born Jess marries Paul and removes with him to the sultry paradise of Hawaii to challenge Paul's haunting past. All goes well until an act of disloyalty exposes Jess to the mythical beliefs of Hawaii, and she discovers the true weight of her husband's betrayal and heritage. The author weaves a chilling tale of old memories, secrets, and a clash of cultures--with an undercurrent of peril throughout .

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The haunting tone and exotic ambience of this first novel draw the reader through the subtle, mysterious story to a shockingly swift denouement. Kansas-born Jesse Quill, trailing her own emotional emptiness, and her husband, Paul, are living on the site of his ancestral homestead in Hawaii, where they are desultorily engaged in raising their young daughter. The island's ancient culture, with its pantheistic galaxies, invades their lives in the person of a 14-year-old child-woman, the sensuously abandoned Maya, who is the cause of Paul's infidelity, the knowledge of which brutally raises Jesse from her complacency. As Jesse unravels the murky history of Paul's parents, she discovers that Maya's mother is not only Paul's sister but had also engaged in a similar scenario with his father. Against the age-old belief that sexual union within the first degree of consanguinity is not only licit but also an extraordinary empowerment from the gods, Jesse's struggle to retain Paul is doomed. The lush island flora against which theculture clash unfolds is stunninglyevoked in a mesmerizing, chilling tale.
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