Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me

Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me

Moana Kawelo, PhD, has a<br>promising career as a museum<br>curator in Los Angeles. The<br>untimely death of her father and<br>the gravitational pull of Hawai i<br>when she returns home for his<br>funeral causes Moana to question<br>her motivations and her glamorous<br>life in California. Between the Deep<br>Blue Sea and Me is the story of<br>Moana s struggle to understand her<br>ancestral responsibilities, mend<br>relationships, and find her identity as<br>a Hawaiian in today s world.