About the Book: Voice of the Rain Season
On a September Saturday afternoon in 2011, Martin Shawncross and Joya Bose in
perfect synchrony surrendered their respective virginities. That Martin, a
twenty-one-year-old American, had waited so long for this momentous personal
event would have scandalized his friends and family were they to know about it.
That Joya, a twenty-five-year-old Bengali, did not wait longer for this same
experience would no doubt have scandalized her family had they come to know of
it.
Thus begins this gossamer tale of love and discovery, reaching back to a past
spanning four generations and two continents. Narrated through the seemingly
banal story