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Loading... The Aloha Spirit: A Novelby Linda Ulleseit
None No current Talk conversations about this book.  k.a.mulenga_writer | Mar 27, 2023 |   Dolores was sent to live with her father's friend when she was only 7 when he couldn't take care o her since he was working and her mother died earlier. She basically became a child laborer that age. She also was a strong women dealing with an abusive husband and two daughters. She was only 16 when she married Manolo and had two daughters at a young age. When Pearl Harbor hit, she left for California and stayed with her brother. Her life continued on without her husband. It wasn't an easy book to read in places but I enjoyed "being in Hawaii" and all it's glory despite Pearl Harbor. The ending was abrupt to me. (  ) sweetbabyjane58 | Mar 23, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
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The spirit of aloha is found in Hawaii's fresh ocean air, the flowers, the trade winds . . . the natural beauty that smooth the struggles of daily life. In 1922 Honolulu, unhappy in the adoptive family that's raised her, Dolores begins to search for that spirit early on--and she begins by running away at sixteen to live with her newlywed friend Maria. Trying to find her own love, Dolores marries a young Portuguese man named Manolo His large family embraces her, but when his drinking leads to physical abuse, only his relative Alberto comes to her rescue--and sparks a passion within Dolores that she hasn't known before. Staunch Catholics can't divorce, however; so, after the Pearl Harbor attack, Dolores flees with her two daughters to California, only to be followed by both Manolo and Alberto. In California, Manolo's drinking problems continue--and Alberto's begin. Outraged that yet another man in her life is turning to the bottle for answers, Dolores starts to doubt her feelings for Alberto. Is he only going to disappoint her, as Manolo has? Or is Alberto the embodiment of the aloha spirit she's been seeking? No library descriptions found. |
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This book is set in Hawaii and is well written and very well researched. It gives insight in Hawaiian culture and is set between the 1920’s and the 1950’s including War War II. Highly recommended. (