Can two people brought together by desperate circumstances help one another heal, and maybe even begin a new life? New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin’s Send Down the Rain answers the questions of what it means—and what level of sacrifice it takes—to truly love someone. Allie is still recovering from the loss of her family’s beloved waterfront restaurant on Florida’s Gulf Coast when she loses her second husband to a terrifying highway accident. Devastated and losing hope, she shudders to contemplate the future—until a cherished person from her past returns. Joseph has been adrift for many years, wounded in both body and spirit and unable to come to terms with the trauma of his Vietnam War experiences. Just as he resolves to abandon his search for peace and live alone in a remote cabin in the Carolina mountains, he discovers a mother and her two small children lost in the forest. A man of character and strength, he instinctively steps in to help them get back to their home in Florida. There he will return to his own hometown—and witness the accident that launches a bittersweet reunion with his childhood sweetheart, Allie. When Joseph offers to help Allie rebuild her restaurant, it seems the flame may reignite—until a forty-five-year-old secret begins to emerge, threatening to destroy all hope for their second chance at love. Send Down the Rain will take you on a journey that spans the sweltering migrant worker routes of south Florida, muddy battlefields of Vietnam, thickets of northwest North Carolina, and the idyllic shores of America’s most beautiful beach (Cape San Blas). At the story’s center lies the question: What does it mean—and what level of sacrifice does it take—to truly love someone? Praise for Send Down the Rain: “Charles Martin understands the power of story and he uses it to alter the souls and lives of both his characters and his readers.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author Full-length, stand-alone novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs Also by bestselling author Charles Martin: The Mountain Between Us, Chasing Fireflies, When Crickets Cry, and The Letter Keeper

チャールズ・マーティンが描く本作の真髄は、ベトナム戦争の傷を負うジョセフと喪失に震えるアリーという、魂の欠けた二人が「犠牲」という究極の愛を通じて再生するプロセスにあります。著者の端正な筆致は、過酷な戦場と美しい海岸線を鮮やかに対比させ、人間の罪深さと救済への渇望を、胸を締め付けるような情熱で描き出しています。 見どころは、四十五年もの沈黙が紐解かれる瞬間の圧倒的なカタルシスです。孤独を望んだ男が他者のために再び立ち上がる姿は、真の愛とは何かを我々に問いかけます。過去の傷跡を受け入れながら共に歩む覚悟に、読者は自らの人生を重ね、震えるような感動を覚えずにはいられないでしょう。