The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes

The phenomenal bestseller that won hearts the world over.

Two women, bound by a shocking event, drawn to a vast and beautiful country they cannot forget.

Kate Carrington has cut all ties with Africa, the land of her birth. Her past is buried alongside her missionary parents, the last reminders locked safely away in the attic. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door, Kate's carefully constructed world is torn apart.

Annah Mason has led an extraordinary life – one that has taken her from a hospital in Langali to the company of rainmakers deep in the Tanzanian bush. Her connection with the Waganga people has brought her the great love of her life, and freedom beyond her dreams. Yet she carries with her a painful secret. Now, the time has come for her to tell her story – to finally set Kate free.

The international bestseller that has captured hearts the world over.

Katherine Scholes

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“ The re-release of this international bestseller is bound to win over a new legion of fans with its story of the love between a missionary nurse and an African tribal chief. An exotic, transporting, adventurous saga. ”

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“ An epic saga ... A fascinating read, and a nice long one. ”

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9780143784517

January 3, 2017

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608 pages

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9780143202790

January 4, 2010

Penguin

600 pages

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9781742530178

January 4, 2010

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Extract

1974 Dodoma, Tanzania, East Africa

In the churchyard of the Anglican cathedral two coffins lay ready for burial. One of them was almost a foot longer than the other, but apart from that they were the same – simple boxes made from fresh-cut splintery wood, left bare. Bishop Wade stood beside them, a bulky figure draped in purple robes embroidered with gold thread. His pale skin was flushed with pink and sweat ran down his temples.

He looked out over a huge crowd. People lined the pathways and filled the spaces between the burial plots; they sat on the bonnets and roofs of Landrovers parked along the boundaries, and even hung from the limbs of the old mango trees that cast their shade over the cemetery.