Bring the Rain: A Novel

(Paperback)

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There are about 71 million Millennials and 74 million Boomers.

Women's Fiction comprises at least 40% of adult popular fiction sold in the United States and approximately 60% of adult popular fiction paperbacks.

An estimated 24 million people are currently living with some form of dementia.

AUDIENCE:

Baby boomers

Academics

Middle-aged children of baby boomers

Anyone who is beginning to experience dementia or has seen a loved one suffer from it

Readers interested in late-in-life love stories

Reviews

Bring the Rain approaches an unsettling subject from a forthright perspective, but with a sense of more humanistic hope than inevitable tragedy.
Kirkus Reviews

Franklin gently weaves psychosocial, emotional, and neurological threads into a work of beauty, giving us a touching exploration of love. . . . A beautiful, touching novel.
Barbara Sapienza, author of Anchor Out

Bring the Rain is one of twelve profound books about hope and its power.
Fupping

Bring the Rain is a thought-provoking, deeply moving story about what happens to someone who is faced with the deterioration of their greatest asset.
Foreword Reviews

I thought the love story was sweet, but what I will walk away remembering is Darts determination. I applaud anyone that seeks out their passion and admire their dedication to see it through. She embodies what it means to not give up, not matter what.
Reading Between the Pages

Darts story is beautiful, tragic, and yet optimistic.
Books, Advice & Everything Nice

Bring the Rain stirred emotions in me, and really made me consider facts I had never thought of before. I was inspired by Darts strength and her insistence that she remain in control as long as possible. I greatly admired her independence and her drive. I was then humbled by her acceptance and her allowing of love into her life, no matter the strings she may perceive to be attached. It is the most difficult thing, to give ourselves to someone else and put our hearts in their safekeeping . . . we can never be sure that things will work out. But I guess thats where faith and hope come in, and thats where we shine the most . . . when we take chances.
A Belle in a Bookshop

Author Bio

JoAnn Franklin grew up on an Illinois farm but now lives in North Carolina, five miles from the Atlantic Ocean. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother who dabbles in painting, loves to read, and enjoys learning new things. A former journalist and educator, shes fascinated with decision-making and ethics and explores those facets within her books.