Beyond Green Tea and Grapefruit Geography sometimes to spend the rest

sometimes to spend the rest of their days in this vibrant land

is colorful and full of maps

Author & Illustrator Born and raised on Oʻahu

She is a two-time recipient of the Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award of Excellence in Literature awarded by the Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association

Join them in exploring stories of the fire goddess that clearly paint the history of this dynamic land as seen through the eyes of inhabitants over generations

Beyond Green Tea and Grapefruit Geography sometimes to spend the restIn this beautiful and moving collection, Gail Harada deftly traverses the boundaries between poetry, memoir, and fiction, demonstrating a rare versatility of craft. The prose has the lyric sensibility of the born poet and the poems are infused with the storyteller's magic. While many of the selections are grounded in a sense of placethe well loved geography of Hawaiiit is a dynamic sense of place, shot through with a humor and irony that never gives