My Puddles is a nonfiction short story. Beginning and ending her book in a dream, Thai Peck narrates the reality of her journey from childhood to the age of seventy. Hers is a story of love that survived a war, of shifts in time and place, and of self-discovery. Thai and her husband fought and survived many obstacles to find true love and happiness till the end. The story of the Pecks also includes pictures, poetry, and quotes related to a story of love lost and found.

Thai Peck was born in Vietnam. She lives by the bay in Chelsea, a suburb south of Melbourne. She continues painting mostly in watercolour, writing and tutoring art at a local Community Centre.