Kuleana

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Set in one of the world's most beautiful landscapes, Kuleana is the story of an award-winning journalist's desire to hold on to her family's ancestral Hawaiian lands-and find herself along the way. "A powerful story of land, belonging, loss, and survival that challenges us all to think about what we are responsible for." -Rebecca Nagle, bestselling author of By the Fire We Carry From an early age, Sara Kehaulani Goo has always been enchanted by her family's land in Hawai'i. The vast area along the rugged shores of Maui's east side-given by King Kamehameha III in 1848-extends from mountain to sea, encompassing sixty acres of lush, undeveloped rainforest jungle along the rocky coastline, and a massive 16th century temple with a mysterious past. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500% increase, Sara and her family members are forced to make a decision about the property: fight to keep the land or sell to the next Mainland millionaire. As she returns to Maui and reconnects with her great Uncle Take, she ...