

Thu, Nov 30
|Melissa's House
Book Sub-Club: Hula
This month, we're reading a Hawaii-themed book: Hula by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes!
Time & Location
Nov 30, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Melissa's House, 2605 Wisser St, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
Guests
About the event
Here's a little about Hula:
Set in Hilo, Hawai’i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women—a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny.
Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there’s a lot she doesn’t understand. She’s never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught,…