While the narrator is a Korean "picture bride" brought to Hawaii to marry a man she's never met, the story gives you a fasinating
look at life in Hawaii before statehood. From the plantations that no longer exist to a Waikiki before hi-rises, we see it all through the eyes of a woman who started out life named "Regret".
Everything good historical fiction should be: entertaining, informative and total immersion in a little known time and place.