The Rain Before it Falls

<p><b>A heartbreaking novel of family secrets from one of the masters of modern fiction, <i>The Rain Before it Falls</i> is </b><b>part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics</b><br><br>Deeply moving and compelling, <i>The Rain Before it Falls</i> 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.<br><br><b>'A sad, often very moving story of mothers and daughters'</b> <i>Guardian</i><br><b><br>'Entirely compelling...the plot will keep you rapt...reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most effective'</b> <i>New Statesman</i></p> <p><b>A heartbreaking novel of family secrets from one of the masters of modern fiction, <i>The Rain Before it Falls</i> is </b><b>part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics</b><br><br>Deeply moving and compelling, <i>The Rain Before it Falls</i> 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.<br><br><b>'A sad, often very moving story of mothers and daughters'</b> <i>Guardian</i><br><b><br>'Entirely compelling...the plot will keep you rapt...reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most effective'</b> <i>New Statesman</i></p>