There Will Come
Soft Rains:
A Journey Along the Western Front
In 2022, just as the world began to open after the isolation of a global pandemic, Briana Gervat set out to walk the length of the Western Front. Beginning at the border that France shares with Switzerland she went into the wild in search of hope and in search of peace. For 500 miles, she climbed over the mountains of the Vosges, through the battle-scarred landscapes of Verdun, the Marne, and the Somme, all the way to the North Sea in Belgium. It was not only a journey of thirty-six days, but a journey through a history that we have learned nothing from, only how better to repeat it.
Reviews and Podcasts:
The Doughboy Foundation Article
Chris Plus Melissa, “There Will Come Soft Rains Review.”
Chris Chapman. Wreaths Across America. “Briana Gervat- Author of There Will Come Soft Rains.”
Matt Dixon, Footsteps of the Fallen. “Trench Talk: Walking the Western Front with Briana Gervat.”
The Wandering Scribe. Interview with Gabriel Garcia.
Alicia Colson, “Interview with Briana Gervat.”
Western Front Way; The Solo Walker- Briana Gervat with Rory Forsyth