Engaging tale of a Korean "picture bride" who journeyed to Hawaii in the early 1900s and became part of the generation that melded into Hawaii's culture while still bringing their own flavor to the mix. Brennert loses points for a "Zelig" riff in which the protagonist meets Duka Kahanamoka, the "real" Sadie Thompson, and the inspiration for "Charlie Chan", and is intimately involved with one of the Hawaiian men kelled in the infamous "Massie" affair in the 1930s. One of these connections would have been believable; four of them is overload.
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