The Rain Before It Falls

The Rain Before it Falls is a lyrical novel written by British author Jonathan Coe that portrays the history of three generations of women directly or indirectly affected by the events of the post-war London and the rural Shropshire, the novel is very different of Coe´s previous works, it is almost apolitical and it deals with the legacy that parents leave, wanting or not, to their children. The title comes from a tune by jazz composer Michael Gibbs. The history is told through recordings of an old lady called Rosamond describing on tape twenty photographs that synthesize a family´s history. The book was first published in 2007 by the Penguin Group.