Thirty-Eight Days of Rain

<p><strong>WINNER of the 2024 Ink Book Prize for Fiction. A 2026 Indies Today Award Runner-Up. A 2025 New York Book Festival General Fiction Award Honorable Mention. Longlisted for the 2025 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Award. A 2024 NoMo Book Club Pick. A March 2024 <em>NetGalley</em> Book of the Month. A March 2024 <em>IndieReader</em> Approved and Best Reviewed Book. A March 2024 <em>Reedsy Discovery</em> Featured Recommendation. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>'Asprakis executes this character study with nuance and complexity...smart'</strong> <em>Kirkus Reviews </em></p><p></p><p><strong>'A sad but uplifting novel about a young couple's immigration struggles and love for their cultural heritage. Eva Asprakis is a gifted writer and <em>Thirty-Eight Days of Rain</em> deserves attention for its focus on the problems of young-adult émigrés'</strong> Alicia Rudnicki for <em>IndieReader </em></p><p></p><p><strong>'Well-written thoughtful and often poignantly tender <em>Thirty-Eight Days of Rain</em> will resonate with anyone who has ever questioned their place in the world'</strong> the BookLife Prize</p><p></p><p><strong>'Profoundly reflective...a poetic meditation on resilience and hope'</strong> Dinos Toumazos for <em>Agora Dialogue </em></p><p></p><p><strong>'A charming and relatable story that will appeal to readers who enjoy literary and contemporary fiction focusing on women's issues and family dynamics'</strong> Kerry K for <em>Reedsy Discovery </em></p><p></p><p><strong>'An engrossing and fascinating exploration of the complexity of identity and belonging'</strong> Polis Loizou author of <em>A Good Year </em></p><p></p><p>What matters more your place as a daughter or as a mother?</p><p></p><p>Androulla is twenty-four and newly married when she learns that she is infertile. In a bid for Cypriot citizenship she is undergoing adoption by her stepfather and wondering if she will have to adopt a child one day herself.</p><p></p><p>As this reality sets in Androulla's marriage unravels. Between migration departments and doctors' appointments she must question what it means to be from somewhere what it means to be a woman and when an impossible choice presents itself which of those things means the most to her.</p>