Hailed by ZZ Packer as a master of tone detail and imagery Andrew Siegrists debut collection We Imagined it was Rain is a lovesong to Tennessee. These loosely connected stories are imbued with tenderness seriousness and an understanding of the human spirit. A young man moves to the the mountains and builds an heirloom chest in the wake of his sons death a town official must make the decision to execute a circus elephant two siblings help their father commit suicide a preacher picks up the pieces