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The stars are fire
- Title
- The stars are fire / Anita Shreve.
- Author
- Shreve, Anita
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-5669 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 241 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "In October, 1947, after a summer-long drought, fires began near Bar Harbor and raced along the coast of Maine, ravaging two hundred thousand acres--the largest fire in Maine's history. In the southern part of the state, people were forced into the sea to escape the flames. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband Gene joins the volunteers fighting to bring the fire under control. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, the women watch in horror as their houses go up in flames, then walk into the ocean as a last resort. They spend the night frantically trying to save their children. When dawn comes, they have miraculously survived, but their lives are forever changed: homeless, penniless, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. As Grace awaits news of her husband's fate, she is thrust into a new world in which she must make a life on her own, beginning with absolutely nothing--she must find work, a home, a way to provide for her children. In the midst of 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. And then the unthinkable happens, and Grace's bravery is tested as never before"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5669
- ISBN
- 9780385350907
- 0385350902
- LCCN
- 2016032868
- 9780385350907
- OCLC
- 959535317
- Author
- Shreve, Anita, author.
- Title
- The stars are fire / Anita Shreve.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1947
- Other Form:
- Online version: Shreve, Anita. Stars are fire First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780385350914 (DLC) 2016051553
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780385350907 52595
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5669