num_pages: 256
description: In October 1947 after a summer-long drought fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. 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. They spend the night frantically protecting their children and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless penniless awaiting news of their husbands' fate and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this 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. Then the unthinkable happens and Grace's bravery is tested as never before.
language: English
title: The Stars Are Fire
publisher: Random House