{"id":1390,"date":"2025-08-17T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2025-08-17T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T03:50:00","slug":"and-the-birds-rained-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=1390","title":{"rendered":"And the birds rained down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure how I became the owner of this book. I found it on my bookshelf this summer.<br \/>\nThe only thing that was clear is that it was bought in my local bookshop because of its label<br \/>\non the back cover. Did I buy it? I typically do not buy contemporary novels because I want<br \/>\nnovels to have withstood the test of time before I give them my attention. Did someone give<br \/>\nit to me as a present? This is possible. I live in the summer, surrounded by woods, in a<br \/>\nwooden house. <\/p>\n<p>This is what happens in the novel. Three men moved into the Canadian<br \/>\nwilderness to disappear from civilization. I am not that extreme. I go into the village almost<br \/>\nevery second day to see friends. But then, I am not running from the law as these Canadians<br \/>\nare. Some of them are also doing illegal stuff. Before long, a photographer shows up who<br \/>\nwants to capture their life story on camera. When another woman shows up in the<br \/>\nwilderness, the placid life of the hermits is turned upside down. Love moves in unexpected<br \/>\nways. This is a wonderful story that becomes better with every page. After finishing the<br \/>\nbook, I researched it on the internet and learned that it became an international bestseller. I<br \/>\nam still not sure how I became the owner of the book, but I am very glad that I read it this<br \/>\nsummer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure how I became the owner of this book. I found it on my bookshelf this summer. The only thing that was <a href=\"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=1390\" class=\"read-more-link\">[Read More]<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/and_the_birds_rained_down.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}