Hawai'i One Summer

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Our first house -- My high school reunion -- War -- Dishwashing -- Chinaman's Hat -- A city person encountering nature -- Useful education -- Talk story: a writers' conference -- Strange sightings -- Lew Welch: an appreciation -- A sea worry.;From the National Book Award-winning author of classics like THE WOMAN WARRIOR comes a stirring collection of essays, celebrating memory, history, and island tradition. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, originally gathered in a limited, hand-printed edition, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai'i "piece by piece, and hope that the sum praises her." The essays provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston's signature: her exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge. Our first house -- My high school reunion -- War -- Dishwashing -- Chinaman's Hat -- A city person encountering nature -- Useful education -- Talk story: a writers' conference -- Strange sightings -- Lew Welch: an appreciation -- A sea worry.