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Behold the Many A Novel

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ISBN-10: 0312426542

ISBN-13: 9780312426545

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lois-Ann Yamanaka

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In 1913, stricken by tuberculosis, young Anah, Aki, and Leah are sent away from their family for treatment at St. Joseph's, an orphanage in Hawai'i's Kalihi Valley. Of the three, two will die there, and only Anah, the eldest, will survive. But the ghosts of the dead sisters will haunt Anah as she prepares to begin married life away from the orphanage. Desperate for the love of their sister, but jealous of her ability to live in the physical world, they are determined to thwart Anah's happiness. As Anah struggles to appease the dead, it becomes apparent that only through one of her own daughters can redemption be attained. nbsp; Poignant, lyrical, and utterly compelling,Behold the Manyis a…    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 1/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Lois-Ann Yamanaka is the author of Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers (FSG, 1996), Blu's Hanging (FSG, 1997), and Heads by Harry (FSG, 1999). Recipient of a 1998 Lannan Literary Award and the 1998 Asian American Literary Award, she lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.