Kaua'i Me a River
by JoAnn Bassett
It’s her thirty-fifth birthday, but Maui wedding planner Pali Moon is
doing her best to ignore it. But then she receives a letter from a
lawyer in Hanalei, Kaua'i, requesting her presence at a meeting to
discuss an ‘urgent family matter.’ The letter brings Pali’s Kaua'i past
rushing back—her birth at a hippie enclave on the North Shore in the
1970’s; her father deserting the family never to be heard from again;
and, worst of all, her mother’s tragic death when Pali was only five.
What could a Hanalei lawyer possibly have to say that would be worth
dredging all that up again? But curiosity and devotion to her mother’s
memory win out and Pali heads to Kaua'i. What she discovers on The
Garden Island not only rewrites her history but also alters her future.
doing her best to ignore it. But then she receives a letter from a
lawyer in Hanalei, Kaua'i, requesting her presence at a meeting to
discuss an ‘urgent family matter.’ The letter brings Pali’s Kaua'i past
rushing back—her birth at a hippie enclave on the North Shore in the
1970’s; her father deserting the family never to be heard from again;
and, worst of all, her mother’s tragic death when Pali was only five.
What could a Hanalei lawyer possibly have to say that would be worth
dredging all that up again? But curiosity and devotion to her mother’s
memory win out and Pali heads to Kaua'i. What she discovers on The
Garden Island not only rewrites her history but also alters her future.