The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve Anita Shreves brilliant new novel - for fans of Anne Tyler and Maggie OFarrell. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The brilliantly gripping new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Pilots Wife (an Oprahs Book Club selection).Long before Liane Moriarty was spinning her Big Little Lies, Shreve was spicing up domestic doings..She still is, as effectively as ever, this time with a narrative literally lit from within New York TimesHot breath on Graces face. Claire is screaming, and Grace is on her feet. As she lifts her daughter, a wall of fire fills the window. Perhaps a quarter of a mile back, if even that. Wheres Gene? Didnt he come home? 1947. Fires are racing along the coast of Maine after a summer-long drought, ravaging thousands of acres, causing unprecedented confusion and fear. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her difficult and unpredictable husband Gene joins the volunteers fighting to bring the fire under control. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosies 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.As Grace awaits news of her husbands 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 Graces bravery is tested as never before. Notes Fires ravage the coast of 1940s Maine, leaving Grace and her children with nothing, and potentially without Graces husband who may have died fighting the fire. Unexpectedly, Grace finds new freedoms amid these losses, over the course of this gripping new novel from the author of The Pilots Wife. Flap Shreve is a literary talent for all . . . flaming good The Times 1947. Fires are racing along the coast of Maine after a summer-long drought, ravaging thousands of acres, causing unprecedented confusion and fear. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her moody and unpredictable husband Gene joins the volunteers fighting to bring the fire under control. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosies 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 and Graces bravery is tested as never before. A narrative literally lit from within New York Times Author Biography Anita Shreve is the acclaimed author of seventeen novels, including Rescue, A Change in Altitude, Testimony, andThe Pilots Wife, which was a selection of Oprahs Book Club. She lives in Massachusetts. Review Anita Shreve...writes with such care and knowing that its impossible not to be consumed by her storytelling, her beautiful sentences always exceeding the sum of their words . . . Shreve is a literary talent for all, and this novel - up there with her award-winning The Weight of Water - is flaming good - The TimesLong before Liane Moriarty was spinning her Big Little Lies, Shreve was spicing up domestic doings in beachfront settings with terrible husbands and third-act twists. She still is, as effectively as ever, this time with a narrative literally lit from within - New York TimesShreves account of the fires is terrifying, and her portrait of a bad marriage almost equally so. Her recreation of post-war, pre feminist American society is a model of elegant restraint, deep feeling, skillful characterisation, and a richly evocative sense of place - Sydney Morning HeraldLike her sensational best-selling 1998 novel The Pilots Wife, about a widow who discovers her pilot husband had a second family, The Stars Are Fire explores what happens in the secret spaces between married people...Masterful... lingers long after the last page is turned, like the smoke from a wildfire - USA Today Long Description The brilliantly gripping new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Pilots Wife (an Oprahs Book Club selection).Long before Liane Moriarty was spinning her Big Little Lies , Shreve was spicing up domestic doings ..She still is, as effectively as ever, this time with a narrative literally lit from within New York Times Hot breath on Graces face. Claire is screaming, and Grace is on her feet. As she lifts her daughter, a wall of fire fills the window. Perhaps a quarter of a mile back, if even that. Wheres Gene? Didnt he come home? 1947. Fires are racing along the coast of Maine after a summer-long drought, ravaging thousands of acres, causing unprecedented confusion and fear. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her difficult and unpredictable husband Gene joins the volunteers fighting to bring the fire under control. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosies 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.As Grace awaits news of her husbands 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 Graces bravery is tested as never before. Review Quote Delicate, poignant storytelling Promotional "Headline" Anita Shreves brilliant new novel - for fans of Anne Tyler and Maggie OFarrell. Details ISBN0349123586 Author Anita Shreve Pages 320 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2018 ISBN-10 0349123586 ISBN-13 9780349123585 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Abacus Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Language English Publication Date 2018-04-19 UK Release Date 2018-04-19 Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-04-23 AU Release Date 2018-04-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117303093;

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