Everything you need to understand or teach Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert.
Daughter of Moloka’i is a work of historical fiction written by author Alan Brennert. It is written from the third person omniscient point of view, and the protagonist of the story is Ruth Watanabe. Her life is followed in this novel from her first birthday until after the death of her biological mother. The story is set in both Hawai’i and California. It is a continuation of the novel Moloka’i in which Rachel, Ruth’s birth mother’s, story is told. Ruth begins her life in institutions because of her parents’ leprosy, but she gets adopted by a Japanese family. The family is interned during World War II because of their Japanese blood. Eventually, Rachel leaves her leper colony because a treatment has been discovered, and she develops a relationship with Ruth. Key themes in the novel are the horrors of World War II, the realities of racism, the importance of gaman to Japanese culture, the primacy of family in defining identity, and the effects of holding back both information and emotions.
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