02766cam a2200421 i 4500 2493922353 TxAuBib 20250818120000.0 240816s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024061209 9781250333445 hardcover $29.99 125033344X hardcover $29.99 (OCoLC)1452440961 TxAuBib rda Goo, Sara Kehaulani, author. Kuleana : a story of family, land, and legacy in old Hawai'i / Sara Kehaulani Goo. First edition. New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2025. 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table, map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "From an early age, Sara Kehaulani Goo was enchanted by her family's land in Hawai'i. The vast area on the rugged shores of Maui's east side -- given by King Kamehameha III in 1848 -- extends from mountain to sea, encompassing ninety acres of lush, undeveloped rainforest jungle along the rocky coastline and a massive sixteenth-century temple with a mysterious past. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500 percent increase, Sara and her family members are forced to make a decision about the property: fight to keep the land or sell to the next offshore millionaire. When Sara returns to Maui from the mainland, she reconnects with her great-uncle Take and uncovers the story of how much land her family has already lost over generations, centuries-old artifacts from the temple, and the insidious displacement of Native Hawaiians by systemic forces. Part journalistic offering and part memoir, Kuleana interrogates deeper questions of identity, legacy, and what we owe to those who come before and after us. Sara's breathtaking story of unexpected homecomings, familial hardship, and fierce devotion to ancestry creates a refreshingly new narrative about Hawai'i, its native people, and their struggle to hold on to their land and culture today."-- Provided by publisher. 20250820. Goo, Sara Kehaulani. Hawaiians Land tenure. Hawaiians Kinship. Hawaiians Ethnic identity. Hawaiians Biography. Multiracial women United States Biography. Reporters and reporting United States Biography. Hawaii. Informational works. Autobiographies.