dagblog - Comments for "It’s Not Always a Day at the Beach" http://dagblog.com/personal/it-s-not-always-day-beach-16322 Comments for "It’s Not Always a Day at the Beach" en Thanks, Michael. Looks like http://dagblog.com/comment/175514#comment-175514 <a id="comment-175514"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/175502#comment-175502">Thanks for this Mona. Fyi, a</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks, Michael.  Looks like a book I would like to read.  When we lived on Maui we had young people coming to our door to sell magazines.  It was a scam and they were virtual prisoners held by the companies that lured them over there.  They would beg us to buy their magazines, practically in tears because they couldn't go back without sales.  They were dirty.  I mean <em>dirty</em>.  And often strung out.  And they had no way to get back home.  I called the police and was told they knew all about it.  They thanked me for calling and told me they'd take care of it.  I don't know if they ever did.</p> <p>It wasn't paradise for everybody.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:15:59 +0000 Ramona comment 175514 at http://dagblog.com Thanks for this Mona. Fyi, a http://dagblog.com/comment/175502#comment-175502 <a id="comment-175502"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/personal/it-s-not-always-day-beach-16322">It’s Not Always a Day at the Beach</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks for this Mona. Fyi, a very good memoir about a homeless woman in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/West-Then-Daughter-Journey-Paradise/dp/0743236807">Hawaii: West of Then</a> by Tara Bray Smith.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:25:00 +0000 Michael Wolraich comment 175502 at http://dagblog.com