Juanita Sheridan (Libros)

Juanita Sheridan Libros

Las narrativas de Sheridan están imbuídas de una profunda comprensión de la lucha por la supervivencia y el anhelo de una vida mejor. Sus personajes, a menudo al borde de la pobreza, encuentran consuelo y aspiración en el sueño de lujo y comodidad que a menudo encarnan. Sheridan captura magistralmente la profundidad de la experiencia humana, basándose en sus propias dificultades que le enseñaron a valorar la compasión y la amabilidad de quienes también luchan. Esta conexión con la realidad otorga a su narrativa una autenticidad cruda que resuena con los lectores que navegan por desafíos similares.

The Mamo Murders

155 páginas
6 horas de lectura

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Older Hawaiians believe that the sweltering heat of the Kona season is a harbinger of disaster. With the cooling trade winds stilled, the islands cease to be a paradise. In the past, the season has brought tidal waves, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.This time it brings death.Young, recently married Leslie Farnham returns to her Maui ranch from the mainland only to discover that her older husband, a wealthy Maui castle rancher, has disappeared at sea. Her in-laws have seized the ranch and Leslie finds herself an unwelcome guest in her own home. A stableboy tries to warn her about impending peril but is killed in a sudden, questionable accident.Leslie’s only ally is novelist Janice Cameron, who has made the trip from Honolulu to Maui on behalf of a friend of the missing rancher. While Janice snoops about the island, her friend Lily Wu does a little sleuthing of her own back on Oahu.This 1952 mystery is a vivid portrait of a changing society whose native people are battling to hold on to—and preserve—their traditions and history.