The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve FIC Shr

In 1947 there was a serious drought in Maine which led to wildfires and a village was mostly destroyed.  This historic fact is the jumping off point for a great novel.   Grace is unhappily married to Gene.  They have been married two years and she has two children.  And now she is pregnant with another child.

Gene leaves to fight the fires leaving Grace to deal with things on her own.  As the fire suddenly reaches her part of town, Grace bravely runs to the ocean in an effort to save her children along with her best friend Rosie and her children.

She loses her unborn child and it appears that her husband has most likely died also.  She is relieved to find that her mother is alive but her house is also gone.  Grace has to do whatever is necessary to find a way to survive.  With her survival comes the freedom that her husband had denied her during her marriage.

Some clouds do have a silver lining.  As always I enjoyed Ms. Shreve's writing.

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