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Honolulu

Brennert, Alan. (Author). Ahn, Ali. (Narrator).

Summary: When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems, and the girl now known as Jin is forced to seek her own path. Joining with her fellow picture brides to start a business, Jin must shed her naieveté and overcome prejudice to succeed in this foreign land.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781456108878
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    access
    remote
    1 sound file (15 hr., 30 min.) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from title screen (viewed March 3, 2011).
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrated by Ali Ahn.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager.
System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA.
Subject: Korean American women -- Fiction
Women -- Korea -- Fiction
Women immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Mail order brides -- United States -- Fiction
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Fiction
Korea -- Fiction
Genre: Downloadable audio books.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.


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