What is the setting of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert?

The setting in the novel Moloka'i is a crucial element for many reasons. The first reason is that the settlement on the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Moloka'i was one of only two such settlements in the history of the United States. The location of the settlement in Hawaii was witness to important world-changing events in the middle of the twentieth century. To try and tell the same story in a different setting would have been impossible.