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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Intelligent Fiction About Hawaii's Music Jan 09, 2009
By Tony Rozycki
This is intelligent historical fiction about the entertainment business/industry in Hawaii, mainly Oahu. It tells the story of a how a band is formed in a Waikiki Hotel from the perspectives of diverse Hawaiian ethnicities. It's a fun story about Hawaiian sociology including Haole promoters, old Hawaiian chants, and the the young singers and dancers caught between family tradition and the economics of the tourist business. It reminds me a lot of the biography of musician Harry Owens, a mainlander who fell in love with Hawaii, composed "Sweet Leilani" (popularized by Bing Crosby), and worked for decades leading a band at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Patterson adds a wider range of characters & digs into their dreams, goals, problems, conflicts romances & resolutions.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
5 Star review of 1st. Edition Apr 20, 2007
By Rosemary I. Patterson
Midwst Book Review Sept. 9, 2002.
"Aloha and Mai Tais: A Novel About Hawaii In The 1920's and 1940's by Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D. is a saga about Atherton and Jessica Scully, two elite people of Honolulu who decide to invest in the Tropical Palace Hotel. Young love, trouble in paradise (i.e. marriage,) wrenching changes influencing Hawaii life and culture by the crush and demands of the tourism industry, as well as the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese are all part of this picturesque and memorial book that is the next best thing to taking a vacation to Hawaii in a time machine!"
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Young love & trouble in paradise (i.e. marriage) Sep 09, 2002
By Midwest Book Review
Aloha And Mai Tais: A Novel About Hawaii In The 1930's And 1940's by Rosemary I. Patterson is a "slice-of-life" saga about Atherton and Jessica Scully, two elite people of Honolulu who decide to invest in the Tropical Palace Hotel. Young love, trouble in paradise (i.e. marriage), wrenching changes inflicted on Hawaiian life and culture by the crush and demands of the tourism industry, as well as the shock of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese are all part of this picturesque and memorable story that is the next best thing to taking a vacation to Hawaii in a time machine!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Midwest Book Review of 1st. edition gives 5 stars 09/02. Jul 17, 2009
By Rosemary I. Patterson
"Aloha and Mai Tais: A Novel About Hawaii in the 1930's and 1940's by Rosemary I. Patterson is a 'slice-of-life" saga about Atherton and Jessica Scully, two elite people of Honolulu who decide to invest in the Tropical Palace Hotel. Young love, trouble in paradise(i.e. marriage), wrenching changes inflicted on Hawaiian life and culture by the crush and demands of the tourism industry, as well as the shock of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese are all part of this picturesque and memorable story that is the next best thing to taking a vacation to Hawaii in a time machine."
 verging on palgerism Feb 04, 2012
By Mir
"Mom of boy"
Entertaining, but is the exact story of Harry Owen's sweet Leilani. It's his story..... But, she turns everything around to sound as if Hawaiians all hated western influence, which is not entirely true at the time. So, the energy of the history is tainted with more negativity than what the orignal story held. Which is sad.
Editing was horrid, with so many left off end quotes, really bad to charge people for that laziness. read Sweet leilani for the real story.
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