Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Cheryl Cornwell

The Lover is stunningly beautiful in its simplicity. Set in pre-war Indochina, Duras tells the seemingly banal story of a young French girl and her Chinese lover. However, impregnated with the larger themes of colonialism, race, and poverty, The Lover is a sensuous treatise on what it means to love beyond reason. This is a novel I return to again and again with the same rapture and an... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Christopher Law

This book is a masterpiece of concision. It contains ten psychologically full characters, four countries and plot to connect these disparate pieces in 254 pages. The foil, James Pak, is part of an extended family surrounded by tragedies of twentieth century international conflict. His father was shipped to England from Ukraine by James's Grandmother, to shield him from the coming war, after which he emig... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Cheryl Cornwell

The Gift of Rain is a beautifully executed treatise on loyalty, betrayal, and the redemptive power of forgiveness. Set in Penang during the 1930s, this novel recounts the youth of an aging Philip Hutton, the half-Chinese son of a powerful British family. After befriending the Japanese diplomat, Hayato Endo, who is also a covert agent, Philip embarks on a destructive journey of self-realization. As... read more>>>