Rain Breaks No Bones A Novel
Rain Breaks No Bones by Barbara J. Taylor is a novel published by Akashic Books on May 7, 2024. This edition spans 376 pages and is presented in English. The story centers on fifty-year-old Violet, who grapples with the long-lasting impact of her sister’s death over forty years ago. As she reflects on her past, Violet is faced with a secret that she has kept from her daughter, Daisy, who is navigating her own challenges and desires in a small town.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of family life, romance, and the complexities of multicultural and interracial relationships in the post-World War II era. Daisy’s journey back to Scranton is marked by her aspirations of performing in Atlantic City and her budding romance with Johnny, who faces societal pressures regarding their relationship. The novel also introduces Zethray, who provides a safe haven for travelers and listens to the whispers of the past. Rain Breaks No Bones serves as the concluding installment of Taylor’s Scranton Trilogy, while each novel stands independently.
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EVERYBODY HAS SECRETS. EVEN THE DEAD.
Fifty-year-old Violet has had a good life. The love of an honest man. The joys of motherhood. Yet, even in 1955, her heart still aches over the death of her sister more than four decades earlier. Lately, Violet can’t help thinking about the little girl, picturing her in the moments before the accident, wearing that pleated white dress and a hair bow to match. Maybe if her big sister were here now, she could tell Violet what to do about the secret she’s been keeping from her daughter Daisy.
Daisy has a secret of her own. When she first moved back home to Scranton, she wasn’t ready to give up her dreams of performing in Atlantic City. Then she met Johnny, a man who needs music as much as she does. Her first real chance at love. If only they can find the courage to buck small-town thinking when it comes to interracial dating.
Small-town thinking. Zethray had seen her fair share of it. That’s why she advertised a room to rent in The Negro Motorist Green Book. Give folks a safe place to stay away from home. That’s how Johnny ended up at her door. Now he’s sweet on some young woman. Not that he told Zethray, but she knows. The dead like to talk, and she listens. If only her mother would tell the secret behind her shocking death. Instead, she stands silent, while that little girl with the bow in her hair runs wild.
Rain Breaks No Bones is the final novel in Barbara J. Taylor’s Scranton Trilogy, starting with Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night, followed by All Waiting Is Long. Though the novels are connected, they each stand alone.
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