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Apple and Rain

By: Sarah Crossan
Narrated by: Sarah Crossan
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Bloomsbury presents Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan, read by Sarah Crossan.

This exquisite novel explores the bond between daughters and mothers, forgiveness, and the healing power of words.

All the time Mum was away,

Eleven long years,

I saved up my hopes

Like little pennies in a jar.

Apple's mother disappeared years ago, leaving Apple with her nana and a lot of unanswered questions. But when she unexpectedly explodes back into Apple's life like a comet, homecoming is bittersweet. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are.

This beautiful novel from multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan explores family, friendship and reconciliation. It is a story about how messy, complicated and surprising love can be.
©2014 Text copyright: Sarah Crossan, Extracts taken from Opened Ground © Estate of Seamus Heaney and reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd. The publishers are grateful for permission to adapt ‘Stevie Scared’ from The House That Caught a Cold, first published by Puffin Books, © Richard Edwards 1991 (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Critic Reviews

"This poignant, realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility, and how poems can tell the truth." (Sunday Times Book of the Week)

"A story of the redeeming power of love. It's beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh." (The Bookbag)

"Poignant, powerful, just perfect." (Cathy Cassidy on The Weight of Water)

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