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.

Hana-lani Reviews

From Readers Views

Hana-lani is a beautifully written story. Losing her job and discovering that her boyfriend is unfaithful, Meredith Campbell decides to leave city life for an idyllic vacation on Maui. This is a vacation that she thinks will have others looking to
pamper and cater to her every whim. She also hopes that her absence might make her errant boyfriend come running back to reunite with her. Being in a beautiful place that will also allow her to show off her gorgeous physical assets, she thinks that everything should go off without a hitch. For Meredith, beauty is all about what is on the outside. Read entire review.

From BestSellersWorld.com

Sexy, sweet, and touching are three words I’d use to describe the fantastic novel, Hana-lani, by the talented author Christine Sunderland. There is a definite theme of hope and the possibility for redemption that runs through the novel, but Hana-lani’s tone never gets heavy. Reading it is like breathing in a fresh breath of island air, and its depiction of rural Hawaiian life in Hana- lani, the old family home of one of the novel’s main characters, old Nani Lei, is guaranteed to lift your spirits and brighten your day. Read entire review.

From Feathered Quill Book Reviews

Meredith is an exceptionally beautiful woman used to having fun and getting attention. When she loses her job because she is too interested in fashion and her boyfriend, and then that same boyfriend cheats on her, Meredith decides to get away from it all in Hawaii. Her trip to Maui, however, does not go exactly as she had planned and ends up changing her life. Read entire review.

From ForeWord Reviews

Christine Sunderland deftly illustrates universal truths about love, healing, culture, and family as she whisks readers away to the exotic setting of Hana, Hawaii, in her poignant new novel, Hana-lani, her fourth book from OakTara. Read entire review.