When the rainbow goddess wept / Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Part One The Philippines, 1941-1943 -- Rumblings of War -- First Casualties -- The Visitor -- The Decision -- The trip -- Baby Brother -- Doc Meñez -- Women Warriors -- Weeping -- The prisoner -- Old Flame -- Death of an epic singer -- The Move -- Part Two 1943-1944 --Fears -- Bitong --Deathless man -- Doc's crucifixion -- The Alvarezes -- Men from the sky -- Martin Lewis -- Deception -- Waiting -- The ring -- The funeral -- Liberation -- Good-bye Laydan --

"This is the Phiippine Edition of Cecilia Brainard's first novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, a coming of age story of a young girl in the Philippines during World War II. Kirkus Review describes the novel as "a fast-paced, sensitively written first novel about the psychological damage war wreaks, seen through the eyes of an intelligent, resilient young girl.During WWII, as Japanese forces invade her native city of Ubec in the Philippines, nine-year-old Yvonne Macaraig escapes with her father and mother into the mountains, where they stay in villages whose inhabitants are fighting the Japanese … The author, herself born in the Philippines, skillfully interweaves realistic events with myths of women fighters and goddesses, as well as fantastic dreams … Brainard’s appealing characters are larger-than-life people who change before our eyes, yet remain utterly convincing."-- Provided by Goodreads.