Book: Daughter of Moloka'i
Author: Alan Brennert
Pages: 336
This is my 186th read for the year
Here is what Amazon says:
This tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama, was forced to give up at birth. This book folows young Ruth from her arrival at the Kapi'olani Home for Girls to her adoption by a Japanese couple who riase her on a strawberry and grape farm in California, her marriage and unjust internment at Manzanar Recloation Camp during WWII, and then - after the war - to the life-altering day when she recevies a letter from a woman who says she is Ruth's birth mother. It expands on the Ruth and Rachel relationship that was hinted at in book one.
This book was okay. I loved the first book and was excited when I saw there was a second one written. But this book was a lot of fluff and not a lot of substance. It was more like the author was just trying to capitalize on the success of his first novel instead of really developing a good story. Even at just a bit over 300 pages, it drags. There is very little discourse (none really) among the characters which was just odd - especially since they were in a Japanese internment camp. Everyone is wonderful, the children are sweet and endearing to the point of it just not being realistic. Just too sappy. Overall - just not high quality story telling or writing.
Stars: 3
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