{"product_id":"if-only-the-rain-would-come-9781985903937","title":"If Only the Rain Would Come","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this gritty novel-in-stories is Hazel. A teacher at the local elementary school, she is intelligent, introspective, and lonely. When Hazel's secret lover, Walker, dies and his identical twin, Sam, comes home from Afghanistan looking just like the dead, Hazel's world is shaken. But her life appears the same to strangers--having exchanged one married twin in her bed for another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Hazel's relationship with Sam deepens, the community and their intertwined lives rise to the forefront: Andy, a teenager struggling with his father's death; Rachel, an outsider concealing trauma from her youth; Gina, a girl searching for belonging in the wake of placing her child for adoption; and Sam, a veteran haunted by ghosts of the past. As the residents of Warm, West Virginia, cope with addiction, grief, poverty, and abandonment, Hazel must confront her own life choices and weigh their cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevealed through a brilliant chorus of voices with dialogue that sings off the page, Natalie Sypolt's \u003ci\u003eIf Only the Rain Would Come \u003c\/i\u003eis unflinchingly honest and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie Sypolt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.35w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781985903937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNatalie Sypolt\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Holding Your Breath\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAppalachian Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStill: The Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuperstition Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWillow Springs Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e. Sypolt is the winner of the \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e New Writers Contest, the Betty Gabehart Prize, the West Virginia Fiction Award, and the \u003ci\u003eStill\u003c\/i\u003e fiction contest. She is associate professor of English at Pierpont Community \u0026amp; Technical College and former president of the Appalachian Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Natalie Sypolt \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":49001592783005,"sku":"9781985903937","price":33.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7bd4d567-59c0-4a24-bc4f-e6f954a950dc.jpg?v=1791981289","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/if-only-the-rain-would-come-9781985903937","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}