The stars are fire.
The stars are fire.
By
:
Shreve, Anita.
Publication Date
:
2017
Subject Term
:
Domestic fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Single mothers -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
An exquisitely suspenseful new novel about an extraordinary young woman tested by a catastrophic event and its devastating aftermath—based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history In October 1947, after a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. The women spend the night frantically protecting their children, and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands' fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms—joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain—and her spirit soars.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385350907
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Bonavista | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Botwood | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Brigus | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Carbonear | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Change Islands | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Clarenville | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Conception Bay South | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Cow Head | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Gander | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Glovertown | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Harbour Grace | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Labrador City | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Old Perlican | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Placentia | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Port au Port | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Springdale | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
St. Brides's | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC SHR |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC SHR |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Torbay | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |
Twillingate | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SHR |