The Last State delved into the experience of growing up as a "haole" (white person) in Hawaii and the often tumultuous and tragic history of Hawaii, which stands in stark contrast to the idyllic image often portrayed in advertisements.

Raised on the island of Kauai, Sarah digs into the nature of paradise. Overgrown landscapes to hide in, a place for wanderers to disappear, and the ancestral home to kings and queens. Can a white girl ever truly be “from Hawaii”? Using transcripts from the U.S. Senate hearings on statehood and her own memories of the complicated relationship to home, this is an “Aloha State” rarely experienced.