num_pages: 400
description: Cantankerous Jake Tibbetts, editor of the town newspaper, struggles to find meaning in a world he thought he understood, when the Second World War shakes the lives of everyone in his small Southern community
language: English
title: Home Fires Burning
titlecomplete: Home Fires Burning
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 106
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Back Bay Books