Racing the Rain: A Novel

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Racing the Rain: A Novel

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Once a Runnerâ€”â€œThe best novel ever written about runningâ€ (Runnerâ€™s World)â€”comes that novelâ€™s prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age in the 1950s and 60s on Floridaâ€™s Gold Coast.

Quenton Cassidyâ€™s first foot races are with nature itself: the summer storms that sweep through his subtropical neighborhood. Shirtless, barefoot, and brown as a berry, Cassidy is a skinny, mouthy kid with aspirations to be a great athlete. As he explores his primal surroundings, along the Loxahatchee River and the nearby Atlantic Ocean, he is befriended by Trapper Nelson, â€œthe Tarzan of the Loxahatchee,â€ a well-known eccentric who lives off the land.

In junior high school, quite by chance, Cassidy discovers an ability to run long distances, but his real dream is to be a basketball star. Still, Cassidy absorbs Nelsonâ€™s view of running as a way of relating to and interacting with the natural world. Though he is warned of Nelsonâ€™s checkered past, Cassidy dismisses the stories as superstitious gossip, until his small town is stunned by the disappearance of a prominent judge and his wife. Cassidyâ€™s loyalty to his friend is severely tested just as his opportunity to make his mark as a gifted runner comes to fruition.

John Parkerâ€™s prequel to the New York Times bestseller Once a Runner vividly captures how a runner is formed and the physical endurance, determination, and mindset he develops on the way to becoming a champion. Racing the Rain is an epic coming-of-age classic about the environments and friendships that shape us all.

Country	USA
Author	John L. Parker
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781476769875
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
NumberOfPages	369
PublicationDate	2015-07-14
Publisher	Scribner
ReleaseDate	2015-07-14
Studio	Scribner

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