Lideweij is thousands of miles away from her true love. They'd been inseparable for years, fighting Hodgkin Lymphoma side by side, until Lideweij make the excruciating decision not to be at his side when he passes away. She leaves for Hawaii, the place where only then months earlier Sander had proposed to her and told her about the legend of the Naupaka flower.
Her journey helps her to work through the deep sorrow. Tears are gradually replaced by inspiring insides and new dreams.
Grazia Magazine gave Naupaka 4 stars.
Daily newspaper de Volkskrant mentioned Naupaka the most controversal novel of the year.