A new anthology grapples with the big questions.

April 1, 2014 (Honolulu Magazine)—When Randall W. Roth’s The Price of Paradise came out in the early ‘90s, it was one of the first books to really focus on the harsh realities of life in Hawai‘i. Essays about the smoke and mirrors of Hawai‘i’s government spending, the ballooning population, the high cost of living, the claims of native Hawaiians and the challenges of rapid transit all put a new twist on the phrase, “Lucky we live Hawai‘i.” And, although they’re now more than 20 years old, many essays read as if written today.
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