{"product_id":"rain-isbn-9781506715209","title":"Rain","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed writer\/historian Mary M Talbot and graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot comes \u003ci\u003eRain,\u003c\/i\u003e a chronicle of the growing relationship of two young women, one an environmental activist, set against the backdrop of the disastrous 2015 floods in northern England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wild Brontë moorlands are being criminally mismanaged as crops are being poisoned, and birds and animals are being slaughtered. While the characters are fictional, the tragedy is shockingly real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRain is the fourth graphic-novel collaboration between Mary M Talbot and husband Bryan Talbot, a partnership that has produced the award winning \u003ci\u003eDotter of Her Father's Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSally Heathcote: Suffragette\u003c\/i\u003e (with Kate Charlesworth), and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e.Mary M. Talbot is a British academic who specializes in language, gender, and power, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition. In 2012 she wrote her first graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eDotter of Her Father's Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by her husband, artist Bryan Talbot, which won the Costa Biography Award. She went on to publish \u003ci\u003eSally Heathcote: Suffragette\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBryan Talbot is a British comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright\u003c\/i\u003e; its sequel, \u003ci\u003eHeart of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e; and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of One Bad Rat\u003c\/i\u003e. He collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot, to produce \u003ci\u003eDotter of Her Father's Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2012 Costa biography award.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300303130853,"sku":"NP9781506715209","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506715209.jpg?v=1742919524","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rain-isbn-9781506715209","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}