History of the rain

Niall Williams

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. 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 the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather Abraham, to her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the 3,958 books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain.

Author(s): Williams, Niall
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 12/03/2015
Pagination: 358 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Published By: Bloomsbury
Book Classification: Fiction: general & literary|Modern & contemporary fiction
Dimensions: 196x130x24
Weight: 261
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781408852057