The Stars Are Fire, (Paperback)

from jhoaglin

Anita Shreve uses the Great Maine Fire of 1947 as a basis for this novel, making the fire an integral part of the story. The character's lives are built around the before and after of the fire's rampage. Grace Holland is a young woman who appears to be unhappily surviving in a loveless marriage, ...

from rainpebble

The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve; (4*) In our day and age the problems Grace, our protagonist, encounters might seem conventional and the way she deals with them completely normal. However in 1947 her attempts at independence and to raise her children as a single mom would have been frowned upo...

from smileydq

This novel shares much in common with Anita Shreve's other works -- quiet pacing, precise language, and stark emotion. Stuck in a loveless marriage and uncertain about the future, Grace finds her life upended after a terrible fire and discovers herself in the aftermath. This book was a quick read...

from eembooks

Using 1947 Maine wildfires as the backdrop for a doomed relationship, this is a quick and interesting read. Everyone seems good, kind and loving except for the villainous husband who grows worse at every turn. Did not have a completely storybook ending but almost. October 2017.

from nancynova

rabck from dvg; set in the late 1940's in a Maine Coastal town, Grace is a housewife with 2 young children and a brute for a husband - but she thinks that's normal. A fire sweeps through the community, destroying hers and her mother's home. Grace manages to keep her children alive by retreating t...