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Name: Rain
Author: Melissa Harrison

In "Rain," nature writer Melissa Harrison follows four distinct showers across the English countryside. Her account blends on‑the‑ground observations with research and personal recollection, showing how rain sculpting stone, deepening rivers, and shifting soil becomes a co‑author of the landscape and a vital part of England’s identity. The book explores the paradox of rain as both an essential life‑sustaining element and a source of inconvenience, flooding, and displacement, and it reveals the quiet drama that unfolds outside while many seek shelter indoors.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: Travel & Geography/Nature & Wildlife

Authors: Melissa Harrison

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