{"product_id":"history-of-the-rain-paperback-2","title":"History of the Rain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNiall Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" -Ann Patchett, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the November 2025 Late Show with Stephen Colbert Book Club Pick, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel introduces readers to Niall Williams' enchanting Irish village of Faha in a profound, beautifully written book about family, legacy, and the incredible power of stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. That's how it seems to me, being alive for a little while, the teller and the told.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo says Ruthie Swain. The bedridden daughter of a dead poet, home from college after a collapse, she is trying to find her father through generations of family history in County Clare and through her own writing. Ruthie turns also to the books her father left behind, his library transposed to her bedroom and stacked on the floor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her attic room, with the rain rushing down the windows, Ruthie writes Ireland, with its weather, its rivers, its lilts, and its lows. The stories she uncovers and recounts bring back to life multiple generations buried in this soil--and they might just bring her back into the world again, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNiall's other novels set in Faha include \u003ci\u003eThis Is Happiness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime of the Child\u003c\/i\u003e, which are both available now!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiall Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten novels, including\u003ci\u003e History of the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eFour Letters of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which is now a major motion picture starring Helena Bonham-Carter, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne, and the national bestseller\u003ci\u003e This Is Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent novel\u003ci\u003e Time of the Child \u003c\/i\u003ewas an instant national and international bestseller and was awarded the Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, with his wife, Christine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47660980961469,"sku":"9781620407707","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/c6-moeRAOR9781620407707_4a7f37c0-492b-4936-b03d-e5d278be4d9b.webp?v=1784314902","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/history-of-the-rain-paperback-2","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}