This richly imagined novel, set in hawai'I more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit. Rachel kalama, a spirit...This richly imagined novel, set in hawai'I more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit. Rachel kalama, a spirited seven-year-old hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman.