Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A book that has been made into a film both of which are good! The book obviously is better….
The Descendants
What you need to know before your trail
The title comes from the protagonist who is of Hawaiian royalty descent (back when Hawaii was a kingdom) – Now, with his wife in a coma, he wants to make his own way in the world, for himself and for his daughters.
He wants to leave a legacy – to be something and somebody so he can say that he moved up the family ladder and not down it.
A tale of a dysfunctional family and a tragedy that ultimately brings them closer.
Travel Guide
Hawaii – a place for sitting on the beach and contemplating about life. And that’s just what Matt King does as his wife slips further into a coma. As he sits on the beach as we all do on holiday and think about our lives, he thinks about who and what he is and what life he has compared to the one he wanted and thought he would get.
The slow and dream like state of much of the novel is reflected in the setting and vice versa for it is lazily beautiful and slowly paced, relaxed but poignant. Sometimes paradise hides things..
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Descendants
Author/Guide: Kaui Hart Hemmings Destination: Hawaii Departure Time: 2000s
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