White Swan

“Departing from his celebrated noir tales, Waiwaiole masterfully portrays a Native American family who, scarred by a father’s abandonment, find their ultimate redemption through rebirth, renewal, and forgiveness. Wonderful, provocative, so well done I gave it a second reading.”
—Kiana Davenport, author of Shark Dialogues

“The characters pull on your sleeve and insist you follow them through their lives, and you want to because the minute you meet them they grab hold of your heart. Waiwaiole’s deceptively plain writing hides depths of wisdom, like the calm surface of a mountain lake. Simply a beautiful book.”
—SJ Rozan, author of Paper Son

“As Hemingway did with his Nick Adams stories, Lono Waiwaiole paints America’s rural life—its indigenous people—with intense respect and compassion. You, the reader, are thrown into those sometimes beautiful, sometimes sad, but always true moments that we call Life. And like Hemingway, Waiwaiole, too, has given us an American masterpiece.”
—Kent Harrington, author of The Good Physician

“Waiwaiole’s writing is graceful, spare, seasoned with gentle humor, never overwrought. Though I didn’t grow up on an Indian reservation, play basketball, or compete in a rodeo, I found myself really caring about Eddie Clem and the people he loved yet couldn’t love enough.”
—Kathleen Tyau, author of Makai

“White Swan explores the push and pull of family and how people are fated to be together, even though it may take a lifetime before destiny is fulfilled. A beautiful intergenerational saga rooted in the White Swan community on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the mountains of Central Washington. With his indigenous heritage and current home in the Pacific Northwest, noted noir writer Lono Waiwaiole succeeds in this creative work that falls outside of the mystery genre.”
—Naomi Hirahara, author of the Mas Arai series

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