num_pages: 282
description: Convinced that life has more to offer than the tedious routine of her days, Stacey MacAindra yearns to recover some of the passion of her early romance. In this extraordinary novel, Margaret Laurence has given us yet another unforgettable smart, witty, but overwhelmed by the responsibilities of raising four children and trying to love her overworked husband. The Fire Dwellers helps us to rediscover all the richness of the commonplace, as well as the pain, beauty—and humor—of being alive."Stacey's state of mind is revealed in a swift-flowing stream of dialogue, reaction, reproach, and nostalgia. . . . [Laurence] is the best fiction writer in the Dominion and one of the best in the hemisphere."— Atlantic
language: English
title: The Fire-Dwellers
titlecomplete: The Fire-Dwellers (Phoenix Fiction)
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Womens, Feminism, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 1513
series: Manawaka Sequence
publisher: University of Chicago Press