Carrying the Rain

A Liberty Falls Novel

A deeply emotional novel about grief, forgiveness, and the fragile hope that love can return after devastating loss.

When tragedy shatters Alex Petry’s family, he’s left drifting through the ruins of a life he no longer recognizes. His daughters are growing distant. His faith in himself—and in love—has all but disappeared.

Then Olivia Bradford, his sister’s childhood best friend, returns to Liberty Falls to care for her dying mother. Seeing her again stirs something long buried in Alex: the ache of who he might have been, and the quiet possibility of something more.

As old wounds resurface and long-buried truths begin to unravel, Alex must confront the mistakes he’s carried for too long. Because healing a broken heart begins with facing the truth... and believing that even after deep loss, there can still be something left to hold onto.

Carrying the Rain is a moving novel about the love that shapes us, the choices that define us, and the quiet grace of second chances.

About the Story

Carrying the Rain is a sad yet hopeful novel in the tradition of family life fiction and women’s fiction. At its heart, it’s about grief, resilience, and the ways broken people might find a way to love and live again.

Like the works of Kristin Hannah and Wally Lamb, this story explores themes of parent-child relationships, love lost and rediscovered, and the quiet ache of small-town life.

Set in Liberty Falls, a small town in upstate New York, Carrying the Rain stands alone but connects to future stories in the Liberty Falls series, each filled with familiar faces, hidden Easter eggs, and the comfort of second chances.