03609cam a2200553 i 4500 959535317 OCoLC 20201217121645.0 161104t20172017nyu 000 1 eng 2016032868 9780385350907 hardcover 0385350902 hardcover 9780385350914 electronic book 9781524711207 electronic book 9780345806369 softcover (OCoLC)959535317 Published in the United States by Vintage Books division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York AJM pcc n-us-me Shreve, Anita, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84219960 author 5926 The stars are fire : a novel / Anita Shreve First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 ©2017 303 pages ; 20 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier A novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history follows the experiences of a pregnant woman who struggles to protect her two young children and watches her home burn while her husband joins the volunteer firefighters October 1947. After a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast and are soon racing out of control. 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. Awaiting news of their husbands' fate, facing an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists, Grace discovers joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain Great Fire (Maine : 1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01765269 5927 1947 fast 5928 Great Fire, Maine, 1947 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011002098 Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 5929 Life change events Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106968 5930 Single mothers Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111363 710 Wildfires http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146723 Maine http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005604 History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 5931 Forest fires http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050582 Maine http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005604 History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 5932 Life change events. fast (OCoLC)fst00998231 Single mothers. fast (OCoLC)fst01119370 2763 Maine. fast (OCoLC)fst01204270 Domestic fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01726589 61 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 48 Historical fiction. gsafd 129 Domestic fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026295 61 Online version: Shreve, Anita, author. Stars are fire. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780385350914 (DLC) 2016051553 .b147999443 ddc BOOK 27297 27297 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2020-12-17 16.00 3 1 SHRE 62023 2021-08-19 2021-08-06 2020-12-17 BOOK