Waking in a Sea of Dreams
by Lurline Wailana McGregor
Moana Kawelo reawakens her ancestral ‘aumakua manō, leading her into the shadowy depths of her family’s past. Through fragmented visions and long-buried secrets, Moana traces her lineage, revealing concealed connections and unresolved trauma. In the ever-changing tides of Hawaiian identity, she must navigate the challenges of reclaiming her spiritual heritage and carrying on the kuleana that binds her family.
Waking in a Sea of Dreams
by Lurline Wailana McGregor
Moana Kawelo reawakens her ancestral ‘aumakua manō, leading her into the shadowy depths of her family’s past. Through fragmented visions and long-buried secrets, Moana traces her lineage, revealing concealed connections and unresolved trauma. In the ever-changing tides of Hawaiian identity, she must navigate the challenges of reclaiming her spiritual heritage and carrying on the kuleana that binds her family.
About the Author
Lurline Wailana McGregor grew up in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, in a community that reflected her own multi-cultural background, attending Punahou School from kindergarten through twelfth grade. After college, she spent several years on the continent, including a period working with the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., before returning home. Her debut novel, Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me, won the American Indian Library Association’s 2010 Best Young Adult Fiction award. This is her second novel. Beyond writing, her career and accomplishments have been wide-ranging, but most of the trophies on her shelf are for outrigger canoe paddling.
About the Author
Lurline Wailana McGregor grew up in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, in a community that reflected her own multi-cultural background, attending Punahou School from kindergarten through twelfth grade. After college, she spent several years on the continent, including a period working with the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., before returning home. Her debut novel, Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me, won the American Indian Library Association’s 2010 Best Young Adult Fiction award. This is her second novel. Beyond writing, her career and accomplishments have been wide-ranging, but most of the trophies on her shelf are for outrigger canoe paddling.
“Waking in a Sea of Dreams continues the story of Moana and reveals how the secrets of generations past have the power to either destroy or rescue those to come. Drawing on Oceanic traditions of spiral time and ancestral storytelling, Lurline Wailana McGregor offers a lush continuance of her first novel.”
– Kristiana Kahakauwila, This is Paradise and Clairboyance
“McGregor has crafted a haunting tale that lingers long after the final page. Waking in a Sea of Dreams unearths family secrets, silences, and the complicated ways aloha is expressed across generations. This deeply Hawaiian mo‘olelo awakens spirits of memory, calling us to confront the ghosts of our past and give voice to the future we dream.”
– Lopaka Kapanui, Mysteries of Hawaiʻi
“Waking in a Sea of Dreams continues the story of Moana and reveals how the secrets of generations past have the power to either destroy or rescue those to come. Drawing on Oceanic traditions of spiral time and ancestral storytelling, Lurline Wailana McGregor offers a lush continuance of her first novel.”
– Kristiana Kahakauwila, This is Paradise and Clairboyance
“McGregor has crafted a haunting tale that lingers long after the final page. Waking in a Sea of Dreams unearths family secrets, silences, and the complicated ways aloha is expressed across generations. This deeply Hawaiian mo‘olelo awakens spirits of memory, calling us to confront the ghosts of our past and give voice to the future we dream.”
– Lopaka Kapanui, Mysteries of Hawaiʻi
