Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming animals by Peter Caldwell

by Peter Caldwell

testing each of the islands for a home suitable for herself and her family she took up her abode in Halema‘uma‘u Crater at the summit of Kilauea on the island of Hawai‘i

sharing adventures and suggesting opportunities to experience Hawai‘i’s heritage—from ancient to modern

melancholy

As these stories inform the reader about life in old Hawai‘i

Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming animals by Peter CaldwellBalikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming, originally published in 1986, features eleven short stories that evoke the sights, sounds, and ironies of the contemporary Philippines and provides a creative and enlightening look into the lives and moods of everyday Filipino life. "Faith Healer," from Balikbayan, was selected for the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project. _____ Author Michelle Cruz Skinner is also the author of short story collections In the Company of