Synopsis
'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you.'
Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child. Called "the best English novelist of his generation" by Nick Hornby, Jonathan Coe extends his range in this magnificent account of a Shropshire family in the last half of the twentieth century.
Reviews
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'The Best English Novelist of his Generation'
Nick Hornby
'Mesmerisingly good.'
Marie Claire
'The book is a moving exploration of the inheritance of unhappiness.'
The Daily Mail
‘wonderful read…the first-person narrative is sustained, subtle and wonderfully evokes an England that has all but disappeared…Calm, wise and generous, The Rain Before It Falls is a beautiful book, with a tide of terrible violence beneath its gentle exterior.’
Gay Community News
Product details
Format : Hardback
ISBN: 9780670917280
Pages : 288
Published : 06 Sep 2007
Publisher : Viking Adult
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