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Alan brennert born may 30, 1954 in englewood, new jersey is an american author, television producer, and screenwriter. Discover book depositorys huge selection of alan brennert books online. Alan brennert thirteen years ago, richard cochrane left his small new england town to pursue his dreams of an acting career. Honolulu by alan brennert book 18 editions published between 2009 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,531 worldcat member libraries worldwide. Alan brennert is a remarkable author in developing events themed to the present human society. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Given what was known at the time of the causes and contagion of leprosy, was the hawaiian governments isolation. The highly anticipated sequel to alan brennerts acclaimed book club favorite, and national bestseller, molokai alan brennerts beloved novel molokai, currently has over 600,000 copies in print. Honolulu by alan brennert book club discussion questions. Time and chance by alan brennert e book posted on october 20, 2014 by kathryn this is the book i read on my nook for my third tuesday book. His 2003 book molokai is a historical novel that focuses on life in honolulu and the leper colony at. Alan brennert has 57 books on goodreads with 3120 ratings. Alan brennert is the author of honolulu and molokai, which was a 20062007 booksense reading group pick and won the 2006 bookies award, sponsored by the contra costa library, for the book club book of the year.
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