Kuleana

Set in one of the worldΓÇÖs most beautiful landscapes,Kuleana is the story of an award-winning journalistΓÇÖs desire to hold on to her familyΓÇÖs ancestral Hawaiian landsΓÇöand find herself along the way. ΓÇ£A powerful story of landbelonginglossand survival that challenges us all to think about what we are responsible for.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöRebecca Naglebestselling author of By the Fire We Carry From an early ageSara Kehaulani Goo has always been enchanted by her familyΓÇÖs land in HawaiΓÇÖi. The vast area along the rugged shores of MauiΓÇÖs east sideΓÇögiven by King Kamehameha III in 1848ΓÇöextends from mountain to seaencompassing sixty acres of lushundeveloped rainforest jungle along the rocky coastlineand a massive 16th century temple with a mysterious past. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500% increaseSara and her family members are forced to make a decision about the property: fight to keep the land or sell to the next Mainland millionaire. As she returns to Maui and reconnects with her great Uncle Takeshe uncovers the story of how much land her family has already lost over generationssentries-old artifacts from the templeand the insidious displacement of Native Hawaiians by systemic forces. Part journalistic offering and part memoirKuleana interrogates deeper questions of identitylegacyand what we owe to those who come before and after us. SaraΓÇÖs breathtaking story of unexpected homecomingsfamilial hardshipand fierce devotion to ancestry creates a refreshingly new narrative about HawaiΓÇÖiits native peopleand their struggle to hold onto their land and culture today.