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Anita Shreve The stars are fire Shreve has produced another well written and descriptive novel. This story shows the strength of a woman who lost herself and by surviving a tragedy found the strength she always owned.  · The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve is a one sitting read. Once you pick up the book and read the first sentence, you will not want to or be able to put it down. A five star book of engaging historical fiction. Shreve transports us to coastal Maine in where we meet Grace, a mother of two and married to Gene/5. The Stars are Fire (), a historical novel by Anita Shreve, centers on a lonely housewife who finds herself torn in new directions when her house burns down in a city-wide fire. Critics praise the book for its take on post-World War II women and for how well it captures the idea of personal growth. Shreve was a bestselling writer who taught high school English before writing fiction full-time; she once spent three .

A: Writing about the fire was an eye-opener for me, because it was not just the fear of surviving the moment (fire, hurricane, earthquake, sea levels rising) I had to address, but also the harrowing aftermath. The fire takes place on page 50 of a page book. It ends on page by Anita Shreve. Discussion Questions: 1. The epigraph is a quote from Shakespeare s Hamlet: Doubt thou the stars are fire; / Doubt thou the sun doth move; / Doubt truth to be a liar; / But never doubt I love. What does it mean? What does it have to do with the novel it introduces? 2. Containerize, her own mother once told Grace, as if. Find The Stars Are Fire by Shreve, Anita at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.

The Stars are Fire (), a historical novel by Anita Shreve, centers on a lonely housewife who finds herself torn in new directions when her house burns down in a city-wide fire. Critics praise the book for its take on post-World War II women and for how well it captures the idea of personal growth. Shreve was a bestselling writer who taught high school English before writing fiction full-time; she once spent three years working as a journalist in Kenya. The Stars Are Fire Anita Shreve, Knopf Doubleday pp. ISBN Summary An exquisitely suspenseful new novel about an extraordinary young woman tested by a catastrophic event and its devastating aftermath--based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history. THE STARS ARE FIRE. by Anita Shreve ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. Shreve’s latest takes on natural disasters, public and private. The summer of was unseasonably hot, leading to a drought that had devastating consequences for the state of Maine. Shreve’s novel tells the story of the Great Fires of Maine from the perspective of Grace, a housewife living near the coast.