Did Not Finish Moloka'i by Alan Brennert.
I want to like this story and I try to read it best as I can. Sad to say the least, I am not able to make myself finish it.
Moloka'i is one of those stories where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred; historical events, real-life patients and caregivers are interlaced with fictional cast of characters. In nutshell, it is a work of fiction which is set in a real place where real people live and die.
The story revolves mostly around a seven-year old girl, Rachel and a terrible, horrible disease called Hansen’s disease which is also known as leprosy.
It is important to note that leprosy is caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) and is thus not hereditary, from a curse, or from a sin.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First edition
Publication date: 1 Apr 2010
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Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end—but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
*Blurb from author's website*
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