{"product_id":"9781916732360-behind-the-scenes-book-3","title":"Behind the Scenes Book 3","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRich \u0026amp; Poor\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes: Rich and Poor\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehindthe Scenes: Rich and Poor\u003c\/i\u003e is the third of a four-book fact-based suspense novelseries which exposes the criminal exploitation of the people behind the façadeof many of the tourist paradises in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Thebooks describe how the poor of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos do their best tosurvive, often growing opium, smuggling weapons and selling their daughters,sometimes before they are even born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Theplight of these people is made more complicated because this criminality isoften sanctioned by official organisations in existence to protect them, not totake advantage of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Initially,\u003ci\u003e Rich and Poor\u003c\/i\u003e focuseson the plight of a small group of Cambodian beggar children; the feisty Samnangand his friends. The children become pawns in the plans of their owners to sellchildren like them into illegal activities of other Southeast Asian countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The book continues telling the story of the poor family from asmall village in Laos, featured in books 1 and 2. In book 3, the family becomesinvolved with the beggar children:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e – Fong, husband of Lu andfather of Prim, is released from prison and finds himself made responsible for thegroup. He makes a decision which will have serious consequences for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - Ignorant of his son’s new path, Grandfather Songchai, Fong’sfather, decides to find him. His trip will seek retribution and closure,utilising some extreme methods from his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - Bee, kidnapped in book 2 alongside Prim, Songchai’sgranddaughter, now extricated from the sex trade, looks to create a new lifefor herself as nurse and carer. This leads her to meeting Samnang and animportant relationship begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The characters’ fates are interwoven in a colourful and harshnarrative that moves towards its resolution as relentlessly as the mightyMekong River flows forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Theseries is inspired by real people and based on real life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56373407744374,"sku":"9781916732360","price":12.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36658912.jpg?v=1760735878","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916732360-behind-the-scenes-book-3","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}