Halia Kalama has devoted her life to the women’s shelter that she built in Pualena. She provides a place of safety for others while maintaining a careful distance from the lives she helps to rebuild. But when there's no room left at the shelter, she makes an unprecedented decision: to take in a mother and child herself.
As this temporary arrangement evolves into something more, it begins to dissolve the carefully constructed boundaries that Halia has lived behind. In order to move forward, she'll have to confront what it's cost her to stay untouchable for so long.
Inspired by her aunt's example, Zoe Kalama embarks on a healing journey of her own. She works to reconnect with her family – and with herself.
Zoe meets someone whose mere existence confronts her long-held belief that she's destined to spend her life alone. He doesn't push her to heal faster or to be anyone other than who she is. Instead, he offers to walk alongside her as she grows into herself.
For the first time, she truly wants to share her life with another person... but can she find the courage to let him in?
Genre: General Fiction
As this temporary arrangement evolves into something more, it begins to dissolve the carefully constructed boundaries that Halia has lived behind. In order to move forward, she'll have to confront what it's cost her to stay untouchable for so long.
Inspired by her aunt's example, Zoe Kalama embarks on a healing journey of her own. She works to reconnect with her family – and with herself.
Zoe meets someone whose mere existence confronts her long-held belief that she's destined to spend her life alone. He doesn't push her to heal faster or to be anyone other than who she is. Instead, he offers to walk alongside her as she grows into herself.
For the first time, she truly wants to share her life with another person... but can she find the courage to let him in?
Genre: General Fiction