{"product_id":"hula-9780063276987","title":"Hula","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Stunning...an intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi'i's deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A full-throated chant for Hawai'i. Part coming-of-age story, part historical family epic, all love. . . . It's impossible to come away unchanged.\" --KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN, author of the PEN\/Hemingway award-winning \u003cem\u003eSharks in the Times of Saviors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Hilo, Hawai'i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women--a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There's no running away on an island. Soon enough, you end up where you started.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose the very thing she was fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in part in the collective voice of a community fighting for its survival \u003cem\u003eHula\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding debut that offers a rare glimpse into a forgotten kingdom that still exists in the heart of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jasmin Iolani Hakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063276987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2023","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40855117430899,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_18ef8c4e-3393-45b2-b856-6fc006504cc4.jpg?v=1686921099","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hula-9780063276987","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}