<p><strong>Winner of the Ink Book Prize for Fiction (September 2024)</strong></p><p><strong>A NetGalley Book of the Month (March 2024)</strong></p><p><strong>An IndieReader Approved and Best Reviewed Book (March 2024)</strong></p><p><strong>A Reedsy Discovery Featured Recommendation (March 2024)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>'A sad but uplifting novel about a young couple's immigration struggles and love for their cultural heritage. Eva Asprakis is a gifted writer, and Thirty-Eight Days of Rain deserves attention for its focus on the problems of young-adult émigrés'</strong> Alicia Rudnicki for <em>IndieReader</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>'A charming and relatable story that will appeal to readers who enjoy literary and contemporary fiction focusing on women's issues and family dynamics'</strong> Kerry K for <em>Reedsy Discovery</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>'An engrossing and fascinating exploration of the complexity of identity and belonging'</strong> Polis Loizou, author of <em>A Good Year</em></p><p> </p><p>"What matters more, your place as a daughter or as a mother?"</p><p> </p><p>Androulla is twenty-four and newly married when she learns that she is infertile. In a bid for Cypriot citizenship she is undergoing adoption by her stepfather, and wondering if she will have to adopt a child one day herself.</p><p> </p><p>As this reality sets in, Androulla's marriage unravels. Between migration departments and doctors' appointments, she must question what it means to be from somewhere, what it means to be a woman and, when an impossible choice presents itself, which of those things means the most to her.</p>