5.0 out of 5 – Great Read – This is the best book I’ve read in years. It brought me to tears in places. Great insights into Thai culture and people, but even if you are not familiar with Thailand you will be captivated by this story. It is a story about humanity that will move you. There are a lot of “foreigner meets Thai lady” books published in Thailand. There are a great many “I survived the hell of a Thai prison” books, and a few “Golden Triangle Drug Gangster hard-bitten private eye” books from the region. This is nothing like any of those. This is a story that will hook you immediately and cause you to cheer for the main characters and cry along with them.

 – Dick Allgire, KITV News Honolulu

Mango Rains is an epic tale of both a woman’s search for her daughter, and the daughter’s search for herself. – The book follows Nid’s desperate attempts to find Lek after her friend commits suicide, leaving no clue as to the baby’s whereabouts. Over 21 years Nid searches all over the country for her daughter. Lek on the other hand, is thrown into some dark situations throughout her life – a beggar, an orphan, a sister to other child beggars, Lek lives her life from one situation to the next. She falls in love, experiences heartbreak and despair, loses her best friend and unwittingly becomes involved in a murderous drug war.

– Chrissy (Goodreads Reviewer)

Daniel M Dorothy hails from Harpswell, Maine, USA, a lobster fishing community in Casco Bay. He also lived in Hawaii for several years before eventually emigrating to Thailand in 1991, where he worked as the executive editor of a local newspaper for twenty-nine years.

Dan is a writer, newspaper editor and author. He has studied and indeed been a part of Thai culture for over three decades.

He has also been a Sci-Fi fan since the 1960s when, as a young lad at his grandparents’ house, he and his sister would sneak out of bed to watch Star Trek from the stairwell. Dan has never time travelled. At least not yet.