The Boy Who Loved Rain

Colom is the teenage son and Fiona the wife of David Dryden pastor of a high profile church in London who is admired for his emphasis on the Christian family. But all is not well. Colom's erratic behaviour causes a great deal of family stress. When a commitment to die is discovered in Colom's room after the suicide of a school friend David finds himself out of his depth - and Fiona in panic takes Colom and flees ... A wonderful intelligent and searching novel about the toxic nature of secrets and the possibility of starting again.