The Boy Who Loved Rain
They say that what you don't know can't hurt you. They're wrong.
£8.99
ISBN: 9781782641292
Publication date: November 21, 2014
Format: Paperback
Extent: 320 pages
Dimensions: 198mm(length) 130mm(width)
Imprint: Lion Fiction
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Colom is the teenage son, and Fiona the wife, of David Dryden, pastor of a high profile church in London, who is admired for his emphasis on the Christian family.
But all is not well. Colom’s erratic behaviour causes a great deal of family stress. When a commitment to die is discovered in Colom’s room after the suicide of a school friend, David finds himself out of his depth – and Fiona, in panic, takes Colom and flees …
A wonderful, intelligent and searching novel about the toxic nature of secrets, and the possibility of starting again.
Meet the author: Mr Gerard Kelly
Gerard Kelly is a writer, preacher-poet, mac lover, coffee drinker and twitturgist. He and his wife Chrissie have lived and worked in the UK, France and the Netherlands and are popular speakers at conferences in Europe. In 1995 they founded Cafe-net, the European missions project that became The Bless Network in 2004. In 2009 they wrote ‘Intimate with the Ultimate’: a book on prayer and spirituality drawn from their many years of teaching and leadership across Europe. They currently live in Basse Normandy, France, where Bless are establishing a missional community.
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