Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming animals and Hana Hou

and Hana Hou

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

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

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

so her vision bridges both worlds

Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming animals and Hana HouBalikbayan: 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