Format:
Large Print, Book
Author:
Lefteri, Christy, 1980- author.
Title:
The book of fire : a novel / Christy Lefteri.
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publisher, Date:
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
©2024
Description:
443 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
large print (16 point)
Summary:
In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it, races toward them. In the smoldering aftermath, Irini stumbles upon the body of the man who started the fire, a land speculator who had intended only a small, controlled burn to clear forestland to build on and instead ignited a catastrophe. He is dead, although the cause is unclear, and in her anger at all he took from them, Irini makes a split-second decision that will haunt her. As the local police investigate the mysterious death, Tasso mourns his father, who has not been seen since before the fire. His hands were burnt in the flames, leaving him unable to paint, and he struggles to cope with the overwhelming loss of his artistic voice and his beloved forest. Only his young daughter, who wants to repair the damage that's been done, gives him hope for the future.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print dynamic drama
Thorndike Press large print dynamic drama.
Subjects:
Women music teachers -- Fiction.
Painters -- Fiction.
Wildfires -- Fiction.
Forests and forestry -- Fiction.
Guilt -- Fiction.
Hope -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Islands -- Greece -- Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
ISBN:
9798885796057
Other Number:
1430768973
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
1503398
Course Reserves:
0
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# System items in:
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