ʻO ka puke kahaha I ka laau na ka mea kākau Kakolika ʻo Denise Mallett (kaikamahine a Mark Mallett) i kēia manawa ma Kindle! A i ka manawa kūpono e like me ka hopena Ke Koko hoʻomākaukau no ka paʻi paʻi i kēia Hāʻule. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i heluhelu I ka laau, ke nalo nei ʻoe i kahi ʻike poina ʻole. ʻO kēia ka ʻōlelo a nā loiloi.
Ua kākau ʻo Mallett i kahi moʻolelo epic kanaka maoli a me ka moʻolelo no ka pīhoihoi, ke aloha, nā mea hoʻopūʻiwa, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ke ʻano. Inā hana ʻia kēia puke i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni - a pono ia - pono i ka honua e hāʻawi wale i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka leka mau loa. —Fr. ʻO Donald Calloway, MIC, mea kākau a mea haʻi ʻōlelo
Mai ka huaʻōlelo mua a ka hope loa, ua punihei au, a kau ʻia ma waena o ka makaʻu a me ka pūʻiwa. Pehea i kākau ai kahi ʻōpio i nā laina kuhi, nā ʻano huikau, nā kamaʻilio kūkā. Pehea kahi haku ʻōpio i haku ai i ka hana kākau, ʻaʻole wale me ka makaukau, akā me ka hohonu o ka manaʻo? Pehea e hiki ai iā ia ke mālama i nā poʻomanaʻo hohonu me ka ʻole o ka ʻuʻuku o ka haʻi ʻana? Weliweli wau. ʻIke loa ka lima o ke Akua i kēia makana. —Janet Klasson, ka mea kākau o ʻO ka hauʻoli o Penance moʻomanaʻo
Kākau maikaʻi ʻia ... Mai nā ʻaoʻao mua o ka prologue, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokau iā ia i lalo.—Janelle Reinhart, he mea kākau leo Kalikiano
Mai ka manawa aʻu i hāpai ai i ka Laau, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokau i lalo ... ʻO ka mea nui loa i mahalo iaʻu, ʻo ka hohonu o ka ʻike a me ka hoʻomaopopo o ke kanaka a Mallett e hōʻike nei i kāna ʻano. He moʻolelo nui a waiwai. —Jennifer M.
ʻO kēia ka puke moʻolelo a kaʻu kaikamahine. Ke manaʻo nei wau e heluhelu ia, paʻi iā ia ma ke poʻo a ʻōlelo aku, "E ka hana maikaʻi, e kuʻu ipo." Ma kahi o, ua ʻike wau iaʻu iho me ka weliweli nui i puka mai kēia mai kona manaʻo, kāna pule-ola. ʻO ia kekahi o nā puke ʻoniʻoni ʻoi loa aʻu i heluhelu ai i kahi manawa lōʻihi a ʻaʻole i haʻalele nā ʻano a me nā moʻolelo iaʻu. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo ka uku Kalikiano ʻaʻole cheesy. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali no ka hopena. —Mark Mallett, ka mea kakau o TheNowWord.com a ʻO ka hopena hope loa
