The spirit of aloha is found in Hawaiis 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 thats 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 hasnt known before. Staunch Catholics cant 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, Manolos drinking problems continue and Albertos 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 shes been seeking?

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: The Stable Group; Classification: FA; Weight: 584 g; Dimensions: 216 x 143 x 28

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