Review

Rating: Unrated

Our book for April is Moloka’i by Alan Brennert, Moloka’i is set in Hawai’i more than a century ago and is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place – and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of human spirit.

Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-coloured mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end – but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.

Book club will be held on Thursday April 22nd, 6:30 at Tastings in Mystic.