Dublin in the Rain

After a traumatic childhood where he is abandoned by his mother and his father commits suicide Jonathan Melton finds loving adopted parents. As a young man through a passion for English literature he finds love with the gorgeous Sophia. Her free spirit brings happiness to Jonathans life that he could have scarcely imagined. Everything is seemingly perfect as they marry and have a daughter. But tragedy changes everything. The baby dies unexpectedly and Jonathan is unable to cope. Distraught his marriage to Sophia disintegrates and Jonathan hits rock bottom. Saved from repeating his fathers suicide a chance meeting in a Dublin bar will give Jonathan new hope. Inspired by the enigmatic Maolíosa a series of serendipitous events will see Jonathan pushed to the brink once more but these new trials will lead him to reconciliation forgiveness and ultimately true love as the magic of the Emerald Isle offers him redemption. Dublin in the Rain is the first of a trilogy of contrasting stories around the theme of redemption by Andrew Critchley.