02413cam a2200301 i 4500 1104531889 TxAuBib 20240103120000.0 230717s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023032417 9780593497272 HRD 29.99 0593497279 HRD 29.99 TxAuBib rda Lefteri, Christy, 1980-, author. The Book of Fire [Book] : a novel / Christy Lefteri. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2024] 321 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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 meansjoy. 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 hetook 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 topaint, 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. Gorgeously written, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Book of Fire is a masterful work about the search for meaning in the wake of tragedy, as well as the universal ties that bind people to each other, and to the land that they call home"-- Provided by publisher. 20240120. Families Fiction. Islands Greece Fiction. Fires Fiction. Novels. lcgft