Mango Rains is the beautifully crafted story of a Thai woman who spent 21 years searching for her lost daughter. Nid was told into bonded prostitution by her mother at 13 years of age. When she eventually falls pregnant she is thrown out of the brothel and gives birth to a baby girl, Lek. Unable to provide for her baby, Nid agreed to give her up. She later discovers the child was sold by its ‘carer’ to criminals who used her in a begging racket. Mango Rains reads like the finest fiction but is tragically true. This is no ordinary book; it’s a story of degradation, human trafficking and lost opportunity.