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The Rain Heron
The Rain Heron
Robbie Arnott (born 1989)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Rain Heron
Atlantic Books · United Kingdom · 3 June 2021 · Paperback
The Rain Heron
Text Publishing · Australia · June 2020 · Paperback
The Rain Heron
Atlantic Books · United Kingdom · 2 July 2020 · Hardcover
The Rain Heron
FSG Originals · United States · February 2021 · Paperback · 288 pages
The Rain Heron
Text Publishing · Australia · 5 July 2022 · Paperback · 288 pages
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A military coup has broken the country, and Ren has withdrawn to a lonely mountain frontier, where she lives by hunting and barter and tries not to remember. Her isolation ends when Zoe Harker, a young officer, climbs the forested slopes with orders to catch the rain heron, a bird from folk tales believed to grant abundance and destruction alike. Zoe tries to make Ren show her where it lives, and Ren is pulled into the search despite herself, with a medic patching up the injuries of both. Scenes from Zoe's childhood in a town by the sea fill in her past. As legend seeps into the real world, the women are made to reckon with their regrets, their loves and their fears.
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- Novel
- Genres
- Speculative, Nature (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2020
- Author's age
- 31 when first published
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9781922268778 (Text Publishing, Australia)
9781838951269 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)
9780374539306 (FSG Originals, United States)
9781838951283 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)
9781922458209 (Text Publishing, Australia)
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