Summer books

06-07-2006
Summer books

Illustration: Kris Chau Design: Ilsa Enomoto

Summertime and the living is easy. Of course, that’s not how it always is, but that’s how it should be. In this ever-busy check-your-email-every-other-second-of-the-day world, settling down might be a challenge. Our suggestion: Grab a good book. Or two. Or three. Or a dozen. Just relax. With the latest installment of Honolulu Weekly’s summer book issue, we offer up a quick selection of the best fiction and non-fiction–some from local authors, some simply based in the Islands. From the heroics of the men in the 442nd and 100th in World War II to the ghosts in Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s house to Windward Community College’s Common Book program, your battle to take it easy just got, well, easier.

Band of brothers

Her words, their story

Common ground

Well read

Rough water

Family feud

Local emotions

A question of loyalty

Non-fiction