Local

A Memoir

By: Jessica Machado

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Paperback | 1 January 2023

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236 Pages

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A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is and where she belongs.

Born and raised in Honolulu, Jessica Machado grows up wrestling with what it means to be "local" when her father's family is indigenous to the land and her mother is from the American South. Feeling separate from the history and tenets of Hawai'i that have been buried under the mainland imports of malls and MTV, Jessica often sees her homeland reflected back to her from the tourist perspective--as an uncomplicated paradise. But her existence feels far from that ideal. Balancing her parents' divorce, an ailing mother, and growing anxiety, Jessica rebels. When she moves to Los Angeles, convinced she'll leave her complicated family behind and define herself, Jessica's isolation, unease, and division with her roots become even more severe. But her mother--whose condition has continued to decline--soon follows her to LA. For Jessica, the only way to escape is a reckless downward spiral.

Interwoven with a rich and nuanced exploration of Hawaiian history and traditions, Local is a personal and moving narrative about family, grief, recovery, reckoning, and reconnecting to the land she tried to leave behind.

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