Had Milton not used the title, "Paradise Lost" would aptly apply to "Kahala". Set in Hawaii in the 1950s, the story is told in a series of vignettes describing the author's humorous and poignant attempts to tame her unconventional mother in a very conventional time.

Kahala

Birnsteel, Laurie Ames

Literature & Fiction

McKenna Pub Group

Had Milton not used the title, "Paradise Lost" would aptly apply to Kahala. Set in Hawaii in the 1950s, the story is told in a series of vignettes describing the author's humorous and poignant attempts to tame her unconventional mother in a very conventional time.

Kahala: Growing Up In Hawaii

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Laurie Birnsteel

Had Milton not used the title, Paradise Lost would aptly apply to Kahala.Set in Hawaii in the 1950s, the story is told in a series of vignettes describing the author's humorous and poignant attempts to tame her unconventional mother in a very conventional time.Kahala is about what life was like in Hawaii in "the good old days," when choices were few, phones were black, detergents were white, televisions were tiny, doors weren't locked, urban sprawl hadn't spread, movies cost a dime, women wore bathing caps, personal lives weren't discussed, and everyone's family was perfect, except mine.

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Kahala

Kahala: Growing Up In Hawaii

Kahala: Growing Up In Hawaii