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 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.
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
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Little Brown And Company
ISBN: 9781408702987
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 256
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 15m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 02/05/2017
Año de edición: 2017
Alto: 24.0 cm
Ancho: 15.6 cm
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Escrito por ANITA SHREVE
1947 . Hija de un piloto y de una ama de casa, se graduó en la Tufts University. Mujer polifacética, compaginó una incipiente carrera de escritora mientras impartía clases en el Instituto. Trabajó en Kenia como periodista para Quest, US y Newsweek. De vuelta a Estados Unidos siguió colaborando como articulista hasta que se dedicó de lleno a la creación literaria, compaginando el ensayo con la novela. En ambos géneros, la mujer se erige en el centro narrativo, con sus pasiones, conflictos y secretos, y su celo por vivir una existencia que nunca es fácil.