Letters from the Lanai

To the delight of a multitude of loyal fans, the Islands' grandam of Epicurean and Hawaiiana authorship has finally written her long-awaited first novel. It will be to no one's apprised that Maili Yardley is still kicking, and writing with her usual flair as she travels deep into her ninth decade. A natural and avid correspondent herself, is only to be expected that the she is at her best through this medium of letters. Her keen observations of Island life taking place two and three generations ago will ring true to kama'aina. Old timers will recognize some familiar names among these fictional characters, a device used to enhance the atmosphere of those bi-gone days Maili excels at portraying. --- from book's back cover