{"product_id":"history-of-the-rain-a-novel","title":"History of the Rain: A Novel","description":"\"I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.\" -Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake\n\nFrom the author of the November 2025 Late Show with Stephen Colbert Book Club Pick, This Is Happiness, 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.\n\nLonglisted for the Booker Prize.\n\nWe 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.\n\nSo 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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nNiall's other novels set in Faha include This Is Happiness and Time of the Child, which are both available now!\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1620407701\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKTGN001F95_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Williams, Niall\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41570820915258,"sku":"4EKTGN001F95_ns","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1620407701-0.jpg?v=1785467991","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/history-of-the-rain-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}