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The Gift of Rain Tan Twan Eng
Publisher: Weinstein Books

Clashing cultures and shifting allegiances. After many weeks of hot, dry weather the rain was very, very welcome! Tan Twan Eng's debut novel, The Gift of Rain, complex, meaty and almost ethereal, is also a love letter to Penang. He's the author of The Gift of Rain, scheduled to be released in March 2007. The Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng. A former banking The Gift of Rain is set on the magical island of Penang, home of sandy beaches and swaying palms. Garden plants soaked up the water and rewarded me with beautiful, green plants that perked up and (if plants could do this) smiled. Another book that I read at the behest of my book group, but it was one I had heard some good things about before, so I was looking forward to reading it. I first heard of him in 2007 when his début novel The Gift of Rain was published in the UK. It's easy to get distracted by so many flowers blooming from March until June - but it's the lushness of the green leaves that's really the life of spring. Weinstein Books, 448 pp., $23.95. Gift-of-rain.jpg Who is Tan Twan Eng? Reviewed for the Star-Ledger 6/8/08. Patto reviewed: The Gift of Rain: A Novel by Tan Twan Eng Nightmarish conflicts & forbidden love, June 1, 2013 Amazon Verified Purchase(What's.