Blu's Hanging

On the Hawaiian island of Molokai, life goes on for the three young Ogata children after the death of their mother and subsequent emotional withdrawal of their grief and guilt-stricken "Poppy". The eldest at 13, Ivah is now responsible for the safety and well-being of tiny Maisie, vulnerable and mute since their mother's passing; and for Blu, her uncontainable brother whose desperate need for love has made him vulnerable to the most insidious of relationships.

©1997 Lois-Ann Yamanaka. (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Da hanabata days was a$$. Gummo in Kaunakakai

The narrator completely took me there, to 1970s Moloka’i. Compelling and disturbing, but I wasn’t onboard with the climax, which knocks off a star.