There are difficult times: politically, financially, personally. After two years of pandemics, we need to go beyond fears and re-discover the sense of community stolen from us by the distance requested to avoid becoming a victim of the virus. Hence, the world needs more inspiration about how to get back to living the life again, and books - together with movies - are important in catching up with life and humanity in general.
After the rain by bestseller writer Lucy Dillon is not a pandemic kind of book but it does cover topics that may be common to our post-pandemics world: how to deal with abandonment and loneliness, how to find comfort in the quietness of your home, and your trustful pet and maintaining an interest in life after losing beloved parents.
Tara Hunter is one of those therapists very good in her job of helping others but in the wrong position to help herself. This is why maybe therapists are in need of their own therapists when in need thereof. But for Tara, there is so much to cope with, no matter the professional background: her mother died, her boyfriend almost ghosted her, her twin brother is far away in the US. Then, her father is returning in her life unexpectedly and out of the blue and at work, a charming highly qualified Dr. David Dalloway entered the stage as a new counsellor and he does have an extra sensorial power: mindreading. (Gd forbid to have to deal with such an individual anyway).
There is a lot of rain and a bit of storm too into the story, but there is always hope after the rain. Although as in the case of weather patterns, there is a high degree of predictability of what may follow next, also After the rain is predictable - although with some interesting twists - although overall enjoyable and well written. More than any other characters in the book, Tara is humanly relatable in her fragility and longing to be part of the community and connect with other creatures - including her pet.
This book was my first by Lucy Dillon but would be curious to explore soon more by this empathic author.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour, but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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