Rain

It is the summer of 1972 and the Phelon family are settling into their isolated cottage for another perfect seaside holiday. Days of swimming and fishing, sultry nights of food, wine and good company. This summer, 13-year-old Janey is awakening to the newly found power of her sexuality, and the possibilities and choices of adulthood. Not yet an adult, but no longer a child, Janey is increasingly aware of the cracks in her parents’ marriage. She is critical of the behaviour of her mother Kate. Meanwhile, Kate feels life is passing her by. She is dissatisfied with her marriage to Ed and increasingly unsettled by her daughter’s willfulness, her untouched beauty and growing sense of allure. When itinerant photographer Cady joins the sleepy holiday community, he brings an air of change with him ; of new possibilities, and uncharted waters. Kate is drawn to the freedom he represents, and Janey follows his every move. Ed and Jim are left behind, as daughter and mother follow their own paths… 
« I loved the sense of atmosphere and foreboding in the novel and also the reflection on childhood… The sense of transience in that relationships come and go and that the moment is precious. » (Christine Jeffs)