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Cowrie makes a pilgrimage from New Zealand to Punalu’u, a Hawai’ian island where her grandfather once lived. She is welcomed by her extended family who live very simply and well on this bountiful island. Cowrie, who is a lesbian, revels in her family’s harmonious way of life, and begins to fall in love with Koana, a heterosexual woman.
- Book 1 Title: Cowrie
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Punalu’u is an island steeped in myth, and as Cowrie learns more about her grandfather she also becomes fascinated by Pele, the volcano goddess, and finds she has an affinity with Laukiamanuikahiki, the woman who rides a sea turtle.
In this gentle, glowing story, dreams and myths are interwoven with sensuous descriptions of food, and the anguish and the celebration of love and sexuality.
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