Why I wrote my new ‘memoir’ Remembering Lahaina

A hand holding a book with the cover text "Remembering Lahaina: What I Learned about Tourism, the ‘Āina, and Myself during Twelve Years on Maui."

After watching Hawai‘i’s governor shame West Maui residents into going back to work in luxury resorts just a few months after the 2003 Lahaina fire robbed many of them of their homes, pets, jobs, and even family members, I realized I needed to write this book.