The End of the Rainy Season

Marian Lindberg grew up being told that Walter Lindberg the man who raised her father was a brave explorer who had been murdered in the Amazon. She took her fathers claims at face value basking in her exotic roots until she started to notice things. The unverified legend became a riddle she couldnt solve.. As Lindberg moved from journalism to law fell in love and sought a family of her own her father repeatedly interfered. He had a closed vision of his family and sheunlike the silent Walterwas breaking out. . Yet her fathers story of the past haunted Lindberg. Long after her fathers death Lindberg set off for the Amazon determined to find out the truth about Walter. Aided by generous Brazilians who adopted her search as if it were their own she discovered as much about herself and her family as about Walter whose true role in Brazils history turned out to be unexpected and deeply troubling.. Sharply observant wrought with honesty and sweeping in its ambitions The End of the Rainy Season is a powerful examination of identity and human relationships with nature and between one another.