Maher wrote '' Pleng 's Song '' , a story about a young girl 's adventure in the Bangkok floods . The story was inspired by Maher 's personal experience of almost drowning in the 2011 Thailand Floods . The book received mostly positive reviews from '' The Nation ( Thailand ) '' , '' The Times of India '' , '' República '' , '' The Kathmandu Post '' , '' Tripoli Post '' and '' The Himalayan Times '' . In an interview with the '' Seattle Post-Intelligencer '' and Zee News , Maher said that the book was " never intended to be a flooding adventure "
2011 Thailand Floods
2011 Thailand floods
Patrick Maher (writer)