A heartbreaking novel of family secrets from one of the masters of
modern fiction, The Rain Before it Falls is part of our Penguin
Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern
classics Deeply moving and compelling, The Rain Before it Falls is
the story of three generations of one family riven by tragedy. When
Rosamund, a reluctant bearer of family secrets, dies suddenly, a
mystery is left for her niece Gill to unravel. Some photograph
albums and tapes point towards a blind girl named Imogen whom no
one has seen in twenty years. The search for Imogen and the truth
of her inheritance becomes a shocking story of mothers and
daughters and of how sadness, like a musical refrain, may haunt us
down the years. 'A sad, often very moving story of mothers and
daughters' Guardian 'Entirely compelling...the plot will keep you
rapt...reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most effective' New
Statesman
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