{"product_id":"honolulu","title":"Honolulu","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHonolulu\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Brennert\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312606343\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Griffin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the bestselling author of the \"dazzling historical saga\" (\u003c\/i\u003eThe Washington Post\u003ci\u003e), \u003c\/i\u003eMoloka'i\u003ci\u003e, comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride in a ramshackle town that becomes a great modern city \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"In Korea in those days, newborn girls were not deemed important enough to be graced with formal names, but were instead given nicknames, which often reflected the parents' feelings on the birth of a daughter: I knew a girl named Anger, and another called Pity. As for me, my parents named me Regret.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHonolulu\u003c\/i\u003e is the rich, unforgettable story of a young \"picture bride\" who journeys to Hawai'i in 1914 in search of a better life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead of the affluent young husband and chance at an education that she has been promised, she is quickly married off to a poor, embittered laborer who takes his frustrations out on his new wife. Renaming herself Jin, she makes her own way in this strange land, finding both opportunity and prejudice. With the help of three of her fellow picture brides, Jin prospers along with her adopted city, now growing from a small territorial capital into the great multicultural city it is today. But paradise has its dark side, whether it's the daily struggle for survival in Honolulu's tenements, or a crime that will become the most infamous in the islands' history... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its passionate knowledge of people and places in Hawai'i far off the tourist track, \u003ci\u003eHonolulu\u003c\/i\u003e is most of all the spellbinding tale of four women in a new world, united by dreams, disappointment, sacrifices, and friendship.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Honolulu | Alan Brennert | Paperback | 9780312606343 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1655620","offer_id":48311204806808,"sku":"1655620","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81H5vvpDOCL.jpg?v=1773155886","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/honolulu","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}