Makai by Tyau, Kathleen

Farrar Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Farrar Straus & Giroux. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

New York. 1999. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374200009. 292 pages. hardcover. Cover: Lynn Buckley. keywords: Literature America Women Hawaii. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The story of a friendship altered forever by Pearl Harbor. In her second novel, Kathleen Tyau takes us from the shoeshine stands and dance halls of Honolulu's Chinatown to the rough, remote Maui coast in this saga of two Chinese Hawaiian women and their intertwined lives. Alice Lum narrates this story of her troubling but devoted friendship with her beautiful and bold best friend, Annabel Lee, whose Hawaiian great-grandmother performed the hula for royalty. Alice and Annabel graduate from high school with gas masks slung across their white dresses in the spring following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Both girls depend on handsome Sammy Woo, a friend who sparks a lasting rivalry between them. After the war, Annabel leaves Hawaii and goes 'makai'-toward the sea-all the way to Florida… Read More

New York. 1999. Farrar Straus Giroux. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 0374200009. 289 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Women Hawaii America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The story of a friendship altered forever by Pearl Harbor. In her second novel, Kathleen Tyau takes us from the shoeshine stands and dance halls of Honolulu's Chinatown to the rough, remote Maui coast in this saga of two Chinese Hawaiian women and their intertwined lives. Alice Lum narrates this story of her troubling but devoted friendship with her beautiful and bold best friend, Annabel Lee, whose Hawaiian great-grandmother performed the hula for royalty. Alice and Annabel graduate from high school with gas masks slung across their white dresses in the spring following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Both girls depend on handsome Sammy Woo, a friend who sparks a lasting rivalry between them. After the war, Annabel leaves Hawaii and goes 'makai'-toward the sea-all the way to Florida to seek a mainland life… Read More

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999-06. Hardcover. Good.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1999.). Hardcover first edition -. Good only in very good dust jacket (missing front endpaper, otherwise contents would be fine).. First printing. Story of two Chinese-Hawaiian women, who come of age in the years after Pearl Harbor, and live very different lives - one remaining in Honolulu, the other going 'makai' - towards the sea - all the way to Florida. 288 pp

New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNE and /inscribed 'For Gee Gee-who I'm so happy to see again' by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new except for faint soiling to the dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 289 p. Audience: General/trade. By the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship-and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award-winning author of 'A Little Too Much Is Enough', Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999. Very Good. Paper. First Edition,First Printing. 8vo (up to 9½" tall). Some handling wear..

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. (1st) Slightly smaller book, blue spine, blue-green boards, silver lettering bright on spine, spine slightly slanted, 289 pages. DJ heavy paper, pink background with title appearing to be ink-blotted, photo of couple on back inside blue circle. DJ has light crease at top front. DJ and book, both Near Fine.

New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999 Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. Private Press. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-374-20000-9. 289 pages. Oregon author. Second novel. Kathleen Tyau is the author of "A Little Too Much is Enough", winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and is a 1997 NEA recipient.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.