Heads by Harry

A Novel

By: Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Narrated by: Nara Cardenas

You can always count on a crowd outside Heads by Harry, the Yagyuu family's taxidermy shop in Hilo, where the regulars gather every day to drink beer, eat smoked meat, and pontificate into the pau hana hours. But above the shop, where the family lives, life isn't so predictable. Toni Yagyuu, the middle child, has enough on her hands dealing with her budding diva of a little sister. But it is the men in her life that really have her running in circles: a flamboyant older brother who wants to be a hairdresser, a stubborn father who refuses to accept her into the family business, and the Santos brothers—two pig-hunting, ex-high school football players who don't know what to think of their headstrong, outspoken neighbor.

©1999 Lois-Ann Yamanaka (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

What a story!

The story beams a light into the rich culture of second generation Hawaii. Harry O is all of them - they made our communities lovely and tragic. This book is a must for anyone who fondly embraces the older towns of Hawaii. She weaves a rich tapestry of language and routines that forced me as a reader to visit this horribly beautiful family.