Blood Work and Other Stories Hawaiian Monarchy the work we must do

the work we must do together

Alfred Capelle

as well as their political and cultural work

From HONOLULU Magazine's 50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime: “This work is the patient zero of local literature

In those few words it retells with simple grace a collection of tales about Hina the mother of the Hawaiian people

Blood Work and Other Stories Hawaiian Monarchy the work we must doWhat we carry. What we inherit. What we leave behind. Seventeen stories of connection and survival in a place caught between whats sacred and whats sold. On the Windward side of Oahu, change moves quickdevelopers buy up neighborhoods, locals move away, and families struggle to hold on to what remains. Beneath each loss, however, lie quiet acts of resilience that refuse to be forgotten. Against a backdrop of economic hardship, housing instability,