Scattered Showers
Nine Beautiful Short Stories
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection Scattered Showers, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Illustrated throughout by Jim Tierney.
Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.
It’s a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling, in short, everything you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fangirl's Reagan, Simon and Baz from the Simon Snow trilogy, and protagonists from Attachments feature alongside new Rowell characters in this frothy, genre-spanning short story amalgam. Tierney's silhouette illustrations, rendered in energetic teals and magentas, precede the tales, introducing each story's individual theme and central couple. In collection opener "Midnights," reserved Mags recounts four New Year's Eve parties over the course of her developing relationship with laid-back jokester Noel. College student Summer contends with a contentious neighbor while mourning a breakup in "Winter Songs for Summer." In "Kindred Spirits," a romance unfolds in a queue for the newest Star Wars release, and Reagan navigates family drama against a Covid-19 backdrop in "If the Fates Allow." While most of the stories employ contemporary settings, others embody a more fanciful approach: "The Prince and the Troll" takes place in a world seemingly on the edge of ecological disaster, and "In Waiting" is set in a land of authorial imagination, where characters wait for the author to stop fiddling with the backstory to finish their novels. A playful mash-up of new fare and fan favorites for Rowell completists, and an inviting introduction for new readers. Most characters read as white. Ages 14–up.
