A Chant for a Wedding

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. A Foreword IX
4. Preface XIII
5. Acknowledgments XVII
6. Fire Chant for King Ka-lä-kaua 1
7. The Queen's Prayer 6
8. Pele'sOwn 8
9. The Mystery of the Ku'ula Rock 18
10. Three Island Images 33
11. "Malie" Excerpted from Moloka 7 34
12. Song of the Chanter Ka-'ehu 38
13. Tearing Down a Plantation House 43
14. Hanapepe, Kaua'i 44
15. The Luna of the Landing 46
16. Plantation Christmas 54
17. New Year 57
18. Comfort Woman 58
19. Juk 68
20. Oyako-Donburi 70
21. Girls, Are They Worth It? 71
22. A Small Rebuttal 77
23. Lost Sister 78
24. Oranges Are Lucky 81
25. Ancestry 100
26. Here I Am 101
27. Old Kimono 103
28. The Surfer 111
29. Ramble Round Hawai'i 117
30. Son of the Shark-God 121
31. The Pool 153
32. Turtles 164
33. "Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains" Excerpted from China Men 166
34. The Hongo Store, 29 Miles Volcano, Hilo, Hawai'i 169
35. Sachie, A Daughter of Hawai'i 170
36. The Mystery Writer's Class Reunion 175
37. 'Awapuhi 178
38. A Fire 179
39. The Men Whose Tongues 189
40. A Chant for a Wedding 190
41. The Grandmother 193
42. Hybrid 198
43. Bonsai 200
44. Papio 201
45. The Million-Dollar Mango Tree 202
46. More Precious than Pineapples 205
47. Chinatown 206
48. A Haole Stops in Kaimuki 209
49. Pele's Children 212
50. A Pilgrim's Kisses 220
51. Permissions 227