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History of the Rain
- Author
- Niall Williams
- Narrator
- Jennifer McGrath
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 4 September 2014
- Run Time
- 11 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him 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 her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 1.0
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5.0 1.0
I don't actually know if this book is good. I assume so, as I adored "This is happiness" and was so happy when I realised there were two more books in the series. Unfortunately I can't bear listening to the narrator. Her voice is somehow flat and her pace really bad. It makes me lose all interest in the story. I will try reading it instead. Luckily the 3rd book is also narrated by Dermot Crowley, I loved listening to him.
emmay 2026-03-15
Details
- Author
- Niall Williams
- Narrator
- Jennifer McGrath
- Duration
- 11 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 September 2014
- ISBN
- 9781471272066
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 1.0(1 review)
Synopsis
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story...Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him 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 her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room.
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