We Imagined It Was Rain

By Andrew Siegrist

Book Overview

Hailed by ZZ Packer as "a master of tone, detail, and imagery", Andrew Siegrist's debut collection We Imagined it was Rain is a lovesong to Tennessee. These loosely connected stories are imbued with tenderness, seriousness, and an understanding of the human spirit. A young man moves to the the mountains and builds an heirloom chest in the wake of his son's death; a town official must make the decision to execute a circus elephant, two siblings help their father commit suicide; a preacher picks up the pieces of his ruined church, and his marriage, after a devasting flood; locals share stories of the girl with eyelashes so long she can braid them; a lonely man uses rain to paint. A striking and thoughtful debut, Siegrist demonstrates careful attention to the smallest moments, to the rain on a window pane. We Imagined it was Rain is the winner of our 2020 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938235886
• ISBN13: 9781938235887
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Hub City Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"