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Behold the Many
Contributor(s): Yamanaka, Lois-Ann (Author)
ISBN: 0312426542     ISBN-13: 9780312426545
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $17.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: Two of three sisters die of tuberculosis in an orphanage and spend a lifetime haunting the eldest--and only--survivor. As Anah struggles to appease the dead and to quiet her own guilt for living, it becomes apparent that only through one of her own daughters can redemption be attained.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy - General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Ghost
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 341 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Oceania
- Geographic Orientation - Hawaii
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:

In 1913, stricken by tuberculosis, young Anah, Aki, and Leah are sent away from their family for treatment at St. Joseph's, an orphanage in Hawai'i's Kalihi Valley. Of the three, two will die there, and only Anah, the eldest, will survive. But the ghosts of the dead sisters will haunt Anah as she prepares to begin married life away from the orphanage. Desperate for the love of their sister, but jealous of her ability to live in the physical world, they are determined to thwart Anah's happiness. As Anah struggles to appease the dead, it becomes apparent that only through one of her own daughters can redemption be attained.

Poignant, lyrical, and utterly compelling, Behold the Many is a stunning novel that glows with longing and life.

Contributor Bio(s): Yamanaka, Lois-Ann: - Lois-Ann Yamanaka is the author of the poetry collection Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre; the fiction trilogy Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, Blu's Hanging, and Heads by Harry; as well as a young adult novel, Name Me Nobody. She has won a Lannan Literary Award, an Asian American Literary Award, and an American Book Award. She lives in Honolulu.