{"product_id":"the-book-of-rain-paperback-by-thomas-wharton","title":"The Book of Rain Paperback by Thomas Wharton","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2024-06-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e432\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781039002456\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e345.87\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.94 x 5.2 x 1.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST, ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Audaciously imaginative. . . . I wish more books surprised me as much as this one did.\"—Omar El Akkad, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Strange Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wondrous.\"—Eden Robinson, author of the Trickster trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA groundbreaking, deeply affecting work of environmental literary suspense for fans of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGreenwood\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe northern mining town of River Meadows is one of three hotspots in the world producing ghost ore, a new source of energy linked with slippages of time and space that gradually render the area uninhabitable. After the town is evacuated, the whole region is cordoned off, the new no-go zone wryly nicknamed \"the Park.\"\u003cbr\u003e     Three intertwined stories flow from that disaster.\u003cbr\u003e     Years after Alex Hewitt and his family were forced to leave, Alex returns to River Meadows to search for his sister, Amery, who has disappeared while rescuing animals trapped in the restricted zone. \u003cbr\u003e     Claire Foley, a young woman from River Meadows who now traffics in endangered wildlife, arrives in an island nation under threat of environmental catastrophe to retrieve her greatest prize yet, only to find herself facing a life-altering choice.\u003cbr\u003e     And, finally, in a future as distant as myth, a flock of birds sets out on a dangerous journey to prevent the extinction of their ancient enemy, humanity. \u003cbr\u003e     As sweeping in scope as a world of its own, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of epic reach, beautifully multi-layered, haunting and profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eTHOMAS WHARTON has been published in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Japan, and other countries. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eIcefields,\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in Canada and the Caribbean and was also a 2008 CBC Canada Reads pick. His next book, \u003ci\u003eSalamander,\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2001 Governor General’s Award for Fiction and was also a finalist for the Roger’s Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize the same year. In 2006, Wharton's collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Logogryph,\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. 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