Bøger af Chris McKinney

"Las Historias Secretas de Pascua" lleva a los lectores en un viaje a través de la amada estación de Pascua, descubriendo los detalles ocultos y las historias menos conocidas que hacen que esta época del año sea tan especial. A través de una narrativa convincente y un análisis profundo, este libro lo llevará a un viaje de fe, asombro y descubrimiento

"The Secret Stories of Easter" takes readers on a journey through the beloved season of Easter, unearthing the hidden details and lesser-known stories that make this time of year so special. Through compelling narrative and insightful analysis, this book will take you on a journey of faith, wonder, and discovery. With its unique perspective and fascinating revelations, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of Easter and the Bible. Step into a new world of understanding and find fresh meaning in this holy season.

Chris McKinney's The Queen of Tears is the story of Soong Nan Lee, a former Seoul movie star, exploring her familial struggles and her childhood trek across war-torn Korea. Now entering into mass publication, this book demonstrates McKinney's ability to evoke "Honolulu's lower depths with an insider's authority and the zeal of a real writer" (Tom Farber). Declared "the most important young writer in Hawai'i today" by the local press, McKinney exhibits stunning prose and profound explorations of character and interconnection on a level not only warranting, but demanding mainland distribution. The Queen of Tears is a must read for anyone who has, at some point, wrestled with family obligation and personal ambition.

Girl, you are busy! Sometimes it's hard to find a few moments of peace. The good news is Jesus can fill your cup to overflowing with just a few precious moments. This simple 365-day devotional will inspire you to find those precious moments with God! It will also equip you with simple reminders of his truth, helping you refocus your thoughts. Isn't it about time for you to enjoy a few moments with the Lord?

Best-selling author, Chris McKinney's seventh novel once again takes place in Hawaii's underworld of lounge bars, drugs, gambling and crime. In Japan, people believe that there are years in a person's life that are bad luck. For men, the worst is 41. It is yakudoshi. It is the age of calamity. Bruce Blanc, fresh off a nine-year prison jolt and back on the streets of Honolulu, is about to turn 41. He finds himself embroiled in urban Honolulu's Asian-American nightlife. Kids lighting up the night with cocaine and killing daylight with Xanax. Girls who spend more time looking at themselves in the mirror than Snow White's mom; the older divorcees with means who prey on them. And ninety-pound female drug lords and the cops in love with them. A new bar is opening or shutting down daily. The foundation of a new high rise is being poured every day. This is not your mom's Hawaii. It's building up, not building out. When Bruce finds out that during his incarceration, his son, who he has never met, has gone missing, he takes on drug lords, police, and anyone else who stands in the way of his discovery of the truth. "Age of Calamity" is about a changing world and a man who is trying to change with it. It is about how a father's love can bend his code. But most of all, it's about how the roughest year in a person's life can sometimes be the most enlightening one.

In this compelling, reflective, and sometimes humorous memoir, the son of a dark-skinned, tough-as-nails Hawaiian father and a frantic, no-nonsense Hawaiian mother is born with red hair. Rudolph Puana grows up in hardscrabble Kahaluu, Oahu, the only pale, red-headed Hawaiian in an impoverished, brown-skinned, working-class town. Despite early hardships, Rudy begins to learn that being different is sometimes good. After years of earning bad grades and making worse decisions, Rudolph decides, out-of-the-blue, that he wants to become a doctor. From that day on, he endures twelve hour study sessions, feelings of inadequacy, and faces his worst fearthe possibility of having to leave Hawaii, the place he loves most, so that he an achieve his ultimate goal. The Red-headed Hawaiian is about the hard work and sacrifices that have to be made in order to achieve one's dreams. It's a story that shows toughness is not about how hard one can hit, but that true grit exists only when one is willing to commit to working hard and doing the things he hates most. Taking the reader from the pier community of the Windward side of Oahu to the halls of MD Anderson, one of the largest cancer treatment centers in the world, The Red-headed Hawaiian is the story of a local boy who makes gooda boy who barely graduated from high school to become one of the youngest associate directors in MD Anderson history. Recounted with frankness and honesty, with an insider's look into the medical history, this memoir is the comic and surprising story of Rudolph Puana, M.D.

Life in Hawai'i, sunnyside down.