Moloka'i - great book!
I forget the author but it is am amzing story about life in the Hawaiian islands 50+ years ago - lepers were banished to live on Molokai in an effort to stop the stread of the horrid disease. I grabbed it since I am just off my Hawaiian honeymoon and the story is so gripping I think I read it in record time. It was a NYT best seller too -- read it !!