Rainlight

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Picador; Reprint edition (November 3, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN: 0312277032

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Reviews

"McGhee is a wonderful observer of mourning. Her characters cling to the tangible remains of Starr's life with a credible, poignant urgency." - Publishers Weekly.

"First-time novelist McGhee has penned a tender and sensitive testament to the seemingly unbearable pain of loss and the ultimately redemptive power of love." - Booklist.

"Alison McGhee's deceptively simple characters engage the reader's emotions so completely that those in the market for mere entertainment should beware." - Independent Publisher.

"A haunting and artistic tale...carefully detailed and fully rendered." - Minnesota Monthly

"...a literary richness well above any syrupy melodrama." - Booklovers

"Unfold[s] as delicately as rice paper...Illustrates, simply and searingly, the complex emotional connections everyone feels, but few can articulate." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Description

Even in a small town people have secrets, including how much they really mean to each other. In Alison McGhee’s haunting debut, a tragic event sparks revelations from nine-year-old Mallie, her mother, her grandfather, a waitress, and Mallie’s father’s ex-lover. They discover long-hidden truths and forge new bonds in this unforgettable, heartbreaking novel about parents, children, and love.