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Behind
the Scenes: Rich and Poor is the third of a four-book fact-based suspense novel
series which exposes the criminal exploitation of the people behind the façade
of many of the tourist paradises in Southeast Asia.
The
books describe how the poor of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos do their best to
survive, often growing opium, smuggling weapons and selling their daughters,
sometimes before they are even born.
The
plight of these people is made more complicated because this criminality is
often sanctioned by official organisations in existence to protect them, not to
take advantage of them.
Initially, Rich and Poor focuses
on the plight of a small group of Cambodian beggar children; the feisty Samnang
and his friends. The children become pawns in the plans of their owners to sell
children like them into illegal activities of other Southeast Asian countries.
The book continues telling the story of the poor family from a
small village in Laos, featured in books 1 and 2. In book 3, the family becomes
involved with the beggar children:
- Fong, husband of Lu and
father of Prim, is released from prison and finds himself made responsible for the
group. He makes a decision which will have serious consequences for him.
- Ignorant of his son's new path, Grandfather Songchai, Fong's
father, decides to find him. His trip will seek retribution and closure,
utilising some extreme methods from his past.
- Bee, kidnapped in book 2 alongside Prim, Songchai's
granddaughter, now extricated from the sex trade, looks to create a new life
for herself as nurse and carer. This leads her to meeting Samnang and an
important relationship begins.
The characters' fates are interwoven in a colourful and harsh
narrative that moves towards its resolution as relentlessly as the mighty
Mekong River flows forth.
The
series is inspired by real people and based on real life stories.
