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A conversation about rain : Next: Nineteen Years Later→ Overview Nineteen years before Nora’s crisis, she plays chess with school librarian Mrs Elm and worries about exams and the future after quitting swimming. Mrs Elm highlights Nora’s many possibilities. Their calm conversation is abruptly cut short by a phone call that brings shocking news, setting a somber tone for what follows. Summary In a flashback set nineteen years earlier, Nora Seed sits in the Hazeldene School library in Bedford, pla