Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father, Virgil. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces, and gleamy skin of the Swains from
History of the Rain: novel
โ Scribed by Williams, Niall
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Year
- 2014;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Edition
- Paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1620407701
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โฆ Synopsis
The bedridden daughter of a dead poet struggles to find her father through the stories that are central to her world, an effort that takes her through family writings, oral traditions, her father's library, and her own writing.
โฆ Subjects
A Novel
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