| The Spoils of Eden (The Dawn of Hawaii) |  | Author: Linda Lee Chaikin
Publisher: Moody Publishers
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Edition: 1
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0802437494
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780802437495
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Publication Date: May 1, 2010
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Amid the looming spiritual and political crisis in Hawaii, Eden Derrington and Rafe Easton are thrust into a conflict that will forever change their beloved Hawaii and threaten to derail their future marriage.
When Eden, representing the Hawaiian Board of Health at Kalihi Leper Hospital is sent to Rafe’s plantation to take baby Kip to Kalihi to quarantine him indefinitely, an emotional volcano of suspected betrayal threatens to turn their love relationship to ashes.
Someone has alerted the Board that the baby Rafe saved and brought to Honolulu came from the Kalawao leper colony.
Since the law strictly forbids children born of lepers from being adopted Kip’s future seems destined toward tragedy. And what of Eden and Rafe after their engagement is broken? When Eden’s father, Dr. Jerome, returns to open a clinic at Kalawao, she joins her father, leaving Rafe to run for the legislature and attempt to change the children’s law.
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 The Spoils of Eden June 15, 2010
Sheila F. Edens-brown (Chicago, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me, my me time is curling up with a good book, something to drink and some popcorn. Being a romantic at heart I love books with a love story -- along came The Spoils of Eden written by Linda Lee Chaikin. The Spoils of Eden is book one in a series entitled, The Dawn of Hawaii Series. The story is set in nineteenth-century Hawaii. Eden, one of the main characters find herself in the middle of making the decison to work with her father's dream of curing leprosy or being with the man that she has loved since childhood.
Broken dreams, shattered happiness and lost dreams is what you will find in The Spoils of Eden. If you are looking for a historical inspiration read you will want to pick up The Spoils of Eden. I found it to be good reading, and I will read the other books in the series.
The Spoils of Eden July 13, 2010
Lollipops (Arkansas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rafe Easton rescued an abandoned baby from certain death on the leper's island in Hawaii. The baby seems to be leprosy free, but the doctors in Honolulu believe that Rafe is playing with danger and must return that baby to the islands immediately.
Eden Derrington has loved Rafe since childhood, but with them going in different directions and being unwilling to give up her dreams to follow his, she reluctantly returns Rafe's ring. Now she is the one chosen to deliver the bad news to Rafe, that he must return the baby boy to the leper's island.
Yet, Eden wants to work alongside her father, trying to find a cure for leprosy. She is willing to risk a life of privilege to work with the forgotten people. Yet, what if she falls victim to the dreaded disease that took her mother? Will Rafe even wait for her while she fulfills her dream?
THE SPOILS OF EDEN is book one in Ms. Chaikin's newest series The Dawn of Hawaii. Ms. Chaikin is certainly talented in prose, painting such a vivid word picture of the setting that the reader can literally see the exactly blue of the sky and know how many clouds floated in sight. The setting is very beautifully portrayed, but as a result it does slow the story down considerably, making it almost drag at times.
Still, Eden is a very believable character, loving and kind, and Rafe also. I felt kind of bad for them putting their dreams together aside so they could pursue their own separate dreams, and I hoped that it would all work out for them. The story is set in a real time period of Hawaii's history, with some very real people appearing as characters in the book. Ms. Chaikin included a directory of who people are, whether they were real or imaginary, and a map of the islands. She also included a glossary of Hawaiian terms.
fine inspirational historical May 3, 2010
Harriet Klausner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In 1891, the Hawaiian Board of Health at Kalihi Leper Hospital sends nurse Eden Derrington to the coffee plantation owned by her fiancé Rafe Easton. This is not a social call, as someone informed the Hawaiian Board of Heath that the baby Kip was a resident of the Kalawo leper colony before Rafe found him. Eden is to pick up and bring Kip back to the colony where he will be quarantined as the law forbids the adoption of leper offspring.
Still Rafe wants to adopt Kip and he and his fiancée argue heatedly over the infant and her work involving lepers. They end their engagement and she goes to assists her research scientist father Jerome who at Kalawo runs a clinic while seeking a medical cure for the disease.
Showing moxie by writing about Hawaii after James Michener`s epic, Linda Lee Chaikin's first Dawn of Hawaii saga provides readers with a deep look at the archipelago less than a decade before the kingdom joins the United States. The story line is driven by the lead couple whose disagreement over her work with lepers threatens their relationship. Although the key support cast is never developed beyond thin role representation in conjunction with either of the two prime players, readers will relish this fine inspirational historical.
Harriet Klausner
Didn't get a tropical vacation this year? August 22, 2010
M.L. Tyndall (California)
If you long to get away from your everyday life and travel to a lush, tropical, paradise but can't afford it, I urge you to pick up this book! Ms. Chaikin has an amazing talent to weave words in such a way as to make you feel as though you are truly walking the shores of Hawaii, listening to the waves crashing on the white beaches, hearing the exotic birds tweetering all around, smelling the gardenias and other fragrant flowers, and feeling the kiss of wind on your face. Rich in the history of 1891 Hawaii, Ms. Chaikin has also created deep, interesting and believable characters. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the members of the Derrington and Easton families. I fell in love with some and loathed others, all the while cheering for the hero and heroine, Eden and Rafe, to admit their love for one another and ride off into the sunset together. But troubles abound, as well as treachery, greed, and intrigue. My heart broke more than once for Eden and her father as they struggled to find a cure for the Leprosy that stole Eden's mother from them. All together, a moving exotic drama that I guarantee will sweep you away to another place and time and leave you anxiously awaiting the next book in the series!
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