Isle of Broken Dreams

Hawaii!  The very word evokes visions of Paradise – white, sandy beaches; swaying palm trees; silver waterfalls, hula girls; mai tais; and luaus.  But all is not paradise in Paradise in the months leading up to World War II.  Beneath the glitzy exterior lies a seamy underbelly of sex, drugs, corruption, and violence in a part of Honolulu known as Hotel Street, where lines of servicemen regularly lead into the “hotels,” which feature one form of entertainment, and one form only:  sex.  Three dollars for three minutes.  Nineteen-year-old Sadie MacKenzie finds herself trapped in this bizarrely efficient assembly line of prostitution just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.  Her head once filled with dreams of a singing career, she unknowingly finds herself in an entry-level position she never dreamed awaited her: whore.  Isle of Broken Dreams tells of her struggles to escape from this life before she loses her soul.