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Makawao Public Library Book Club – The Last Aloha
March 2, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
2010 BAIPA Award Winner: Best Historical Fiction
How did Hawaii become part of America? This story, inspired by true events suppressed for nearly 100 years, is the one James Michener never wrote.
In 1886, Laura Jennings travels to Hawaii to live with missionary relatives. She imagines she will live in a grass hut, ministering to savages. When she arrives in Honolulu, she's surprised to find her relatives are among the wealthy elite plotting to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy. And, far from being savages, the Hawaiians have developed a charming and prosperous Victorian kingdom.
To find out what happens next, read the book and then join the Book Club to discuss. Copies are available at the Branch.