Anna Rains
The author was one of three children born to an unorthodox British couple in 1942. Her mom’s parents were landed gentry, while her fathers were working class. Her parents shared an artistic and adventurous bent, though, and the family lived outside of many societal norms, such as in caravans, a circus, and farmhouses, among other places. When she grew up, Rains lived with her own family in Hong Kong, Scotland, California, and England. Organized around moves and composed of short narratives, the book is almost a linear plotline, digressing to give people’s backgrounds. The majority of the moves happen at the beginning, and the pace of the book here is the swiftest. Rains’ mother’s many projects, her bad cooking, and creative knitting add levity to these chapters. Letters from friends attest to the brightness the author brings to her communities and to the text.
In the Wake of Betrayal
It is the story of the kidnap of a child. There are three subplots that run in unison and the whole story takes place in less than a week. The subplots are – Mother and the police; the kidnapper and the child; the father of the child, who is involved, but living in France.
Until the kidnapper makes a mistake, the police have no clues as to who did the kidnapping or where they have taken the child. The ransom they are demanding is £3 million.
The plot unfolds over six days leaving the reader anxious to hear about the outcome of the kidnapper – and the child.
The Senator's Mistress
The author, Anna Rains, began writing this novel in 2009 and completed it in 2024. In this book, Anna has taken a lot of her ideas from experiences of her time in Southern California, and working in banking while living there. She met some colourful people, not unlike the character RT, whom she describes in glorious detail. Once, when asked how she came up with her plots, she replied – I have lived in so many places and have done more and experienced more than most people do in three lifetimes and so it is easy to come up with a plot.
An author who began writing late in life, whose imagination runs riot.
“A voice awakened in life’s golden hour, her pen spills wonder and wildness—each story a testament to the untamed landscapes of imagination and the beauty of a belated beginning.”
The Quirky Clan by Anna Rains
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