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by Caroline Paul |
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| December 1941. The inhabitants
of Niihau lead a simple life. Mostly Hawaiian natives, they work the
ranch of Niihau's eccentric haole owner, who keeps his island totally
isolated from the outside world, devoid of cars, phones, and
electricity. But then a plane crash-lands there, and although the
villagers rescue the pilot, they have no idea that he has just attacked
Pearl Harbor. War has now come to Eden, slowly undoing its
tranquillity, widening the cracks in the already troubled marriage of
Irene and Yoshio Harada, the island's only Japanese-American couple. It
will test everyone's loyalties and all they believe in . . . as
Paradise, once within reach, slowly falls victim to its own isolated
innocence. Based on a little-known true event, East Wind, Rain is a provocative and compelling novel of irrevocable consequences for people thrust unwittingly into a devastating war of nations and American identity. . |
 East Wind, Rain by Caroline Paul Harper Perennial, 2007 Order a copy |
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