When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

WHEN THE RAINBOW GODDESS WEPT is Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's acclaimed first novel about the coming of age of a young girl in the Philippines during World War Two. First published in the Philippines as Song of Yvonne, it was picked up by Dutton/Penguin and by Bilge Kultur Sanat in Turkey. This novel is currently published by the University of Michigan Press and the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House (Philippine edition). The novel was inspired by Brainard's parents who had to live as guerrilleros in hinterlands of Mindanao during World War Two.