Kauai Stories, Volume 1

By: Pamela Varma

Narrated by: Pamela Varma

Enjoy the warmth, spirit, and adventure of Kauai in 50 inspiring, humorous, and touching personal stories told by the island's people.

Dance hula with an award-winning hula instructor who helps keep this cultural tradition alive. Make salt the traditional way Hawaiians have been making salt for centuries.

Discover the aloha spirit of Kauai's people through their stories of growing up island-style, living in multicultural sugar plantation camps; going barefoot until high school and making toys with whatever was on hand, like Frisbees from car-flattened, sun-dried toads.

Smile at humorous tales of acceptance and affection for members of the island's wild chicken population.

Get to know patriotic Japanese-American soldiers born on Kauai as they fight for the United States in World War II against Japan, the country of their parents' birth.

Journey with Kauai people who have sailed thousands of miles across oceans in a voyaging canoe, navigating only by the stars, moon, sun, and waves as their ancestors did when they discovered Hawaii more than 1,500 years ago.

Feel the ocean spray as Kauai residents share their love of surfing, canoe paddling, and strolling along secluded sandy beaches, often making the only footsteps in the sand.

©2012, 2015 Write Path, LLC (P)2017 Write Path, LLC

Beautiful intriguing stories but...

This was a wonderful book! But, the one older female narrator clicked her saliva so many times it made me cringe. She needs to drink more water because it’s sounds so amateur and many people are very sensitive to saliva noises. Otherwise this book was perfect—though her parts were like fingernails on a chalkboard. An editor can take her saliva noises out and you’ll have a far more successful book. I loved ALL THE STORIES!!

Terrible

The performance of this reading was so bad. Voices were irritating to listen to. I was hoping to learn some fun things about Kaua’i but couldn’t listen anymore, turned it off and wished I could return the book.