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My wife read this book for a group book. It sounded interesting, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. Although the author is male, he brings life to this female character beautifully. If this were a movie, I would call it a chick flick, but the book is about more than just the relationships between all the characters. It's also a fascinating history of the whole island and leper colony, including quite a bit of overall Hawaiian history. It's well worth reading.


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Moloka'i A Novel Alan Brennert 9780312304355 Books Reviews

A 7-year old girl living in Honolulu gets diagnosed with leprosy and is sent away to the leper colony, Kalaupapa, on the island of Moloka'i, separated from her parents and siblings, and everything she knows and loves. This story tells of her feelings of abandonment, her inner struggles, her life there with the other lepers who have been exiled to this place. It is also a story of love and friendship. The author describes the beauty of the island in great detail. I read "Honolulu" a few years ago, and both these books are just excellent.
The author's dialect is spot on, and the story at times is very depressing but also portrays the events of the isolation of "lepers" during that time on Moloka'i. I learned a lot about the history of the Hawaiian culture as well as the history of leprosy. There is some violence as well as sexual content, but the majority of the book follows the main character, Rachel, throughout her life and her struggles with her family and the disease that dictated her whole life. It was a bittersweet novel.
I got caught up in the story of Moloka'i almost against my will. It's a skillfully written novel that explores the subject of leprosy throughly, if not clinically, and leaves the reader with little doubt what a horrific disease it is while instilling hope and joy into the lives of patients who lost everything. The story revolves around Rachel, a Hawaiian child, diagnosed with the disease and her heroic battle with the changes in her life. Moving, enchanting, wrenching and uplifting, Moloka'i is a lesson in how to cope with change and what is most precious in this world.
When I read premise of this book, I said, "No way!" But it was highly recommended to me and worth the read! Don't let the subject matter disuade you from reading it. It was not only full of wonderfully written characters, but the historical aspect of this book was extremely interesting. My knowledge of leprosy, now called Hansens disease, was limited to Bible readings. After reading this book, I have a better understanding of what people with this condition went thru years ago when little was known of how it was contracted. Take a chance and read this book. I don't think it will disappoint!
I read Moloka'i for my book group. I did not know much about this Island except that it was an Island reserved for those in the past. who suffered from leprosy. Alan Brennert brought this period of history alive by presenting the readers with a community of human beings suffering from "Hansen's Disease" as well as doctors, nurses, care givers and humanitarians who gave their lives to treat and help those afflicted. The story follows the life of Rachel from her childhood, when she is separated from her family and taken to live in a residence hall on Moloka'i. She spends most of her life on the island. The author's development of Rachel's character and of those who lived on the island with her is rich in the understanding of the life of one who suffers from such a debilitating illness. There is strength, humor, sadness, loneliness and all of the emotions felt by both the healthy and the gravely ill. I truly enjoyed reading this book and was left with such an appreciation for those who sought a cure and finally found one for a disease whose stigma separated friends and families from each other. During the reading of the book, I read other articles and searched the internet to learn more about leprosy.
I finished reading this a couple of days ago and can't get it out of my head. The surface plot surrounds the life of a young girl of Hawaiian ethnicity who, at the age of seven, contracts leprosy and is sent to the colony on the island of Moloka'i. She lives there for over half a century until the late 1940's when the sulfa drugs are found to cure about 65% of leprosy patients. She is one of the lucky ones who is "paroled." She faces a great deal of discrimination on the outside, but also finds love and acceptance from even unexpected sources.
What has kept me thinking about this book are the huge questions of how we treat people who are different from us, who challenge us to demonstrate our humanity. When are we justified in separating people from the general population and what do we owe them?
I laughed out loud reading this book and I cried over and over. It had me running to Wikipedia and google images over and over. I learned so much from this book and urge that people who care about humanity read it.
I recently purchased this book (Molokai by Alan Brennert) on for my wife. This is not usually the kind of novel (Molokai by Alan Brennert) I normally read; however, after my wife praised this book I decided to also read it. This novel had been a national bestseller and I can understand why. This is a story about a seven-year old Hawaiian girl and like most little girls she had dreams, which were shattered when she got leprosy.

For those who do not know the island of Molokai has a quarantined leprosy settlement (Kalaupapa). This amazing story follows the life of this young girl (Rachel) in this leprosy settlement. Even though this is a fiction novel it is based upon some very true and revealing incidents which occurred at this Leprosy settlement.

This writer tells the tale in such a way that you cannot put it down once you start reading it. It is a story that has compassion, love and even some humor in it. If you are seeking a novel which grabs you starting from the first page you may want to check out Molokai.

Rating 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author Tactical Principles of the most effective combative systems)
My wife read this book for a group book. It sounded interesting, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. Although the author is male, he brings life to this female character beautifully. If this were a movie, I would call it a chick flick, but the book is about more than just the relationships between all the characters. It's also a fascinating history of the whole island and leper colony, including quite a bit of overall Hawaiian history. It's well worth reading.