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The Rain Before it Falls
- Author
- Jonathan Coe
- Narrator
- Jenny Agutter
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 4 July 2019
- Run Time
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Rain Before it Falls written by Jonathan Coe, read by Jenny Agutter.
'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you.'
Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child.
Critics Review
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Spectacular, heartbreaking, beautifully written. Rosamund's story is one of the most extraordinary and compelling you will ever read. Impossible to put down, I loved every minute of it
Sunday Express
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Entirely compelling . . . the plot will keep you rapt . . . reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most effective
New Statesman
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A sad, often very moving story of mothers and daughters
Guardian
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A hauntingly melancholy tale of love and loss...a moving exploration of the inheritance of unhappiness, and the devestating consequences it can have for future generations
Daily Mail
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Potent and melancholy, like a short, sad song
Guardian
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A male writer who can enter such traditionally female territory and aquit himself with such aplomb
Sunday Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Jonathan Coe
- Narrator
- Jenny Agutter
- Duration
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 July 2019
- ISBN
- 9780241987162
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Rain Before it Falls written by Jonathan Coe, read by Jenny Agutter.'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you.'Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child.
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