The Resource The stars are fire : a novel (Downloadable eBook), Anita Shreve
The stars are fire : a novel (Downloadable eBook), Anita Shreve
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9780385350914
- Label
- The stars are fire : a novel (Downloadable eBook)
- Title
- The stars are fire
- Title remainder
- a novel (Downloadable eBook)
- Statement of responsibility
- Anita Shreve
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
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- Maine
- trueHistorical fiction
- Great Fire, Maine, 1947 -- Fiction
- 1947
- trueElectronic books
- FICTION -- Sagas
- Domestic fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- FICTION -- General
- Life change events
- FICTION -- Literary
- trueVolunteer fire fighters
- FICTION -- Historical
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Single mothers
- trueFires
- trueSingle mothers
- trueWildfires
- Single mothers -- Fiction
- trueMaine
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueLife change events
- Great Fire (Maine : 1947)
- Fiction
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- trueSelf-discovery
- trueFamilies
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSurvival (after disaster)
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Summary
- Grace, a young woman with two small children, lives by the coast in Maine in 1947. Her marriage isn’t very happy, but she’s dutiful and devoted to her children. After escaping a devastating fire that wiped out her town and nearby forests, Grace has to become braver, stronger, and more resourceful than she’s ever had to be before. She manages it, and it’s lovely to watch happen, until something unexpected makes her life contract once more. This was deeply engaging and opened a real window on what it would have been like to be a woman in a small town in the 1940s. -- Diana Armstrong for LibraryReads
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- LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
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- Shreve, Anita
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
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- Literary form
- fiction
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- Great Fire (Maine : 1947)
- Great Fire, Maine, 1947
- Life change events
- Single mothers
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Life change events
- Single mothers
- Maine
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The stars are fire : a novel (Downloadable eBook), Anita Shreve
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- online resource
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- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780385350914
- Lccn
- 2016051553
- Media category
- computer
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- 511120
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- 511422
- Label
- The stars are fire : a novel (Downloadable eBook), Anita Shreve
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780385350914
- Lccn
- 2016051553
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
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- n
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- EDF4E497-0085-4F30-B086-A3EFB9077269
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- FICTION -- Literary
- FICTION -- Sagas
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- trueHistorical fiction
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- Life change events -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
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- Maine
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- trueSelf-discovery
- Single mothers
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- Single mothers -- Fiction
- trueSurvival (after disaster)
- trueVolunteer fire fighters
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