Leprosy

In the shadow of the Pali : a story of the Hawaiian leper colony

In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Liliha is sent to the Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony at Molokai, Hawaii, where she struggles to endure savage living conditions and people, as well as her own disease.

Subjects:

Leprosy--Fiction.

Survival--Fiction.

Conduct of life--Fiction.

Kalaupapa (Hawaii)--Fiction.

No ordinary day

Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.

Leprosy--Patients--Fiction.

Homeless persons--Fiction.

Jharia (India)--Fiction.