Lord Kitchener Lives V1: The Message Received By Ala Mana is a novel by Margaret O'Brien. The story is set in the year 1916 during World War I, and it follows the life of Ala Mana, a young woman from the Pacific Islands who receives a message from Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War. The message informs her that her brother, who was fighting with the British Army, has been killed in action.Ala Mana is devastated by the news, and...