Sudan / Civil War / Famine
/ SYNOPSIS
In Adek, a tiny village in the sprawling desert of Southern Sudan, a community lives on a knife-edge of starvation and war, at the mercy of the bombs that fall from the sky like rain. When three western aidworkers are stranded here - a place where poets carry Kalashnikovs and rebel commanders wear pink dressing gowns- their presence brings hope and danger in equal measure.
An ominous ode to Africa's violent beauty, Something is Going to Fall Like Rain is also a life-affirming reminder that love and happiness can co-exist with famine and conflict.
/ CHARITY
For every copy of Something is Going to Fall Like Rain that is sold via the website, we will make a donation to OXFAM.
The first target - £240 to enable Oxfam to drill boreholes, build water tanks, buy water filters and purification tablets. All we need to do is to sell 100 books via our website. Easy!
The first target - £240 to enable Oxfam to drill boreholes, build water tanks, buy water filters and purification tablets. All we need to do is to sell 100 books via our website. Easy!
/ PRESS REVIEWS
"As the tragedy of Darfur continues Ros Wynne-Jones reminds us of the time when the Government of Sudan rehearsed genocide in the South of Sudan.
This is a dramatic story of the courage and endurance of the women and men of Sudan and of the aid workers who are so dedicated to making a difference there.
Sudan has now found a literary champion who has a long commitment to following the longest ever civil war and its man-made famine.
Her writing is evocative, moving and gripping and if only one person sits up and listens to what is going on inside Sudan's borders then the telling of this story will have been worthwhile." - Glenys Kinnock
"An authentic, well-written and deeply-felt portrait of the tragedy that is South Sudan" - John Le Carre
"A moving, beautifully written book that captures Africa in all its humanity and heartbreak … A book of meat and emotion, blood and fire – it is a story of our time. And a masterpiece." - Tony Parsons
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain listed as one of the Observer’s ‘50 Best Summer Reads Ever’!
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain reviewed in the Guardian
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain reviewed in The Mirror
Ros Wynne-Jones discusses Something is Going to Fall Like Rain on BBC World Service’s The Strand
Ros Wynne-Jones writes in the Guardian on one of the key themes of her book, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Catalogue Details
Authors Ros Wynne-Jones
Price £12.99
Publication Date February 2009
ISBN 978-1-906702-04-5
Format Trade paperback
Classification Fiction
Extent 250pp
Rights World
Her writing is evocative, moving and gripping and if only one person sits up and listens to what is going on inside Sudan's borders then the telling of this story will have been worthwhile." - Glenys Kinnock
"An authentic, well-written and deeply-felt portrait of the tragedy that is South Sudan" - John Le Carre
"A moving, beautifully written book that captures Africa in all its humanity and heartbreak … A book of meat and emotion, blood and fire – it is a story of our time. And a masterpiece." - Tony Parsons
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain listed as one of the Observer’s ‘50 Best Summer Reads Ever’!
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain reviewed in the Guardian
Something is Going to Fall Like Rain reviewed in The Mirror
Ros Wynne-Jones discusses Something is Going to Fall Like Rain on BBC World Service’s The Strand
Ros Wynne-Jones writes in the Guardian on one of the key themes of her book, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Catalogue Details
Authors Ros Wynne-Jones
Price £12.99
Publication Date February 2009
ISBN 978-1-906702-04-5
Format Trade paperback
Classification Fiction
Extent 250pp
Rights World
Reportage Press is a new publishing house specialising in books on foreign affairs or set in foreign countries; non-fiction, fiction, essays, travel books, old travel memoirs, or just books written from a stranger’s view.
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