A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Most of it is historical fiction based on journals, books, newspaper articles and library archives. It is almost as if he had a list of ideas for a novel (including some which were actual incidents) and threw them all together and tried to make it work. He's not just using historic Honolulu as a place to set a novel; he's bringing it to life for people who haven't had the chance to imagine it before." I recommend this novel if this is your genre. The low rating is strictly based on my failure to empathize with the main character Regret, at least for the 1st half of this book.
I really enjoyed this story of a Korean picture bride making a life for herself in Hawai'i. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. He has won an Emmy Award and
Two different friends recommended this book to me before I left for Hawaii; the day before my departure, my husband plunked the trade paperback down on my desk and said, “I think you’ll like this.”Alan Brennert is the author of the historical novels Alan Brennert is the author of the historical novels “Quoting an old proverb: "An empty cart rattles loudly." When they faced the reality of their situation, they had to either make do as best they could or strike out on their own. [Brennert] intersperses cultural details—song lyrics, movies, popular books from the era—that add textured authenticity, and he incorporates major historic events . she said. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of I remember going to a home for dinner and when my companion and I sat on the floor to discuss missionary work with the male missionaries and the mission leader, he shouted at us to get in the kitchen to make food with his wife! Though I have read approximately 1500 books since this was released, I do remember this book very positively and wanted more! Just get people to stop reading them.” Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. In 1912, she goes to Hawaii as a "picture bride",to be married immediately on arrival to a Korean man. He was story editor for the NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and wrote seven scripts for that series. Jin thinks she gets the best of the lot as at least her husband is not as old as the others, but he turns out to be a poor laborer on a local plantation with a fondness for alcohol.
Starts in Korea with Jin raised in an old school household, she wants and education more than anything but girls are not valued for their book smarts.
She renamed herself Jin, and traveled tRegret is a young Korean woman named for the disappointment of her parents because she was a female baby.
meaning, One who lacks substance boasts loudest.”“A road need not be paved in gold to find treasures at its end.” Early twentieth century Hawaii comes to life in this descriptive historical novel depicting the life of Korean 4.5 Stars. The low rating is strictly based on my failure to empathize with the main character Regret, at least for the 1st half of this book. (3.5) "...and together they make up a uniquely 'local" cuisine...and thus the author describes the cultural melting pot that is Hawaii. While in Korea in the late 1980's, I wondered at the social rules of the day. As picture brides, these young girls were brought to Honolulu by false promises. If you like reading stories about women empowerment, then you must not miss adding this book to your to-read list.Man, Alan Brennert has some gorgeous prose.
Two different friends recommended this book to me before I left for Hawaii; the day before my departure, my husband plunked the trade paperback down on my desk and said, “I think you’ll like this.”During my recent visit to Hawaii, I read the 2009 award-winning book Honolulu by Alan Brennert. In this story of a Korean "picture bride" who travels to Hawaii for opportunities that will never be available to her in Korea, Brennert seems to be trying to inject too many themes that it ultimately leaves me not really caring about the characters. Alan Brennert's earliest television work was in 1978 when he wrote several scripts for the Wonder Woman series. Rich in detail, full of fact-based events & colorful drama it tells the story of Korean ‘picture-brides’ immigrating to Hawaii.
While in Korea in the late 1980's, I wondered at the social rules of the day.
Published To me, this was a weak attempt at matching Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" - a white male writing from the perspective of an Asian woman in a very different time. HONOLULU Honolulu is the rich, unforgettable story of a young “picture bride” who journeys to Hawai'i in 1914 in search of a better life. Alan Brennert was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in the towns of Cliffside Park, Palisades Park, Edgewater, and Haledon.
Wanting more out of life than what Korea can offer a young woman, Jin signs on as a "picture bride" (a sort of mail order bride) and sails off to Hawaii with several other young women - although they are in for quite a surprise at what is waiting for them at the docks - the pictures of the grooms are not all they were expecting from the photos.
Regret secretly learned to read and wanted to obtain an education. Another reviewer compares this story's telling as similar to something Amy Tan would publish and I wholeheartedly agree! 0312360401
March 3rd 2009
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