It's raining and I love you — Antonio Mercero

Está lloviendo y te quiero by Antonio Mercero is an emotional family saga that links four generations through a single mysterious object: an old wall clock. When Paula gives the clock, made by her great-grandfather, to her brother, their mother collapses at the sight of it and ends up in hospital. Disturbed by this reaction, Paula starts to investigate the past of her family in the Basque Country.

Hidden inside the clock she finds a short, enigmatic message: “It’s raining and I love you.” Those few words open the door to a story that spans almost a century of Spanish history. From the hunger and fear of the Spanish Civil War, through the harsh years of the Franco dictatorship, to the conflicts and silences of the present, the novel shows how love, guilt and unresolved secrets pass from parents to children.

Mercero, known as one of the authors behind the Carmen Mola phenomenon, builds a narrative that combines the tension of a mystery with the emotional depth of a historical novel. Readers follow different members of the family at decisive moments of their lives, witnessing how small personal choices can change destinies across decades.

This book is ideal for readers who enjoy multi-generational family sagas, contemporary Spanish fiction and historical novels rooted in real events. Está lloviendo y te quiero is both a story about memory and reconciliation and a reflection on the legacy we receive — and the legacy we choose to leave.