Book looks at love and duty

Set on the Malaysian island of Penang in 1939, "The Gift of Rain" offers a look at the life of 16-year-old Philip Hutton — half British, half Chinese — who feels like an outsider in his family. Lonely and alienated, he strikes up an unexpected friendship that will set the course of his life.

By: MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer, Worthington Daily Globe