Christine Sunderland is a well-known writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her novels frequently draw from the European past.

Just Released - Hana-lani

Christine's fourth novel, Hana-lani, has been released by OakTara Publishers LLC. Set in Hana, Maui, this compelling literary novel is a poignant journey that unravels T.S. Eliot's "permanent questions" - what is goodness, truth, and love?

Honorable Mention awarded by Reader Views, Humanities category

Honorable Mention in the 2011 San Francisco Book Festival, General Fiction

Honorable Mention in the 2011 Beach Book Festival, General Fiction

Honorable Mention in the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival

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Old Nani-lei lives in Hana-lani, her family home in rural Hawaii. She looks after her grandson Henry, 52, and his daughter Lucy, 6, who have returned to Maui from Berkeley after the death of Maria, Henry's wife. Henry and Maria, both professors, had been working on A History of Ethics, and now the grieving Henry struggles to finish it.

City girl Meredith Campbell, 36, fast-paced, self-centered, and beautiful, believes her body will ensure her happiness. After losing her job and finding her lover unfaithful, she flies to Maui, sure he will follow... but her plane crashes near Hana-lani.

As their worlds collide in a natural world both beautiful and dangerous, Henry will be forced to act on his words, and Meredith will come face-to-face with her own life choices.

"I just wanted to let you know  how much I enjoyed Hana-lani.  I felt that I was right there with you... As one who lives here, I felt as though I were reading about a neighbor. Good work."  

-- Doris Buckley, Hanaside News, Hana, Maui

"I was completely absorbed by Hana-Lani... when I rose from my chair, I felt like a stranger in my own house! Totally engrossing. I felt I had been at Hana; the characters reflecting on their own past was a potent way of making them more understandable and true-to-life."

-- Paul Hauge, San Mateo, California