The Pohaku A Novel

<p><b>From the award-winning author of <i>Hula</i>, a dazzling saga about the generations of women tasked with protecting the history and place that made them.</b></p><p>A young woman lies comatose in a hospital, watched by her estranged grandmother. Mystery surrounds the woman’s fall—did she jump off the cliff, or was she swept away by a wave? Her grandmother suspects it is linked to the pōhaku, an ancient stone that their family was tasked with protecting.</p><p>In this novel spanning generations across Hawai`i and California, it soon becomes clear that the pōhaku’s story must sur­vive if there is to be any hope of the fam­ily’s reconciliation with their home, with nature, and with each other.</p><p>Reminiscent of Yaa Gyasi’s <i>Homegoing</i>, Min Jin Lee’s <i>Pachinko</i>, and Tommy Orange’s <i>There, There</i>, <i>The Pōhaku </i>is an immersive and bold novel about the his­tory, perseverance, and resilience of the Hawaiian people.</p>