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Settings & Atmosphere - Fiction, Women's Fiction, Family & Friendship - Fiction, Phases of Life - Fiction, Conflicts - Fiction, Love & Relationships - Fiction

Home Fires

by Luanne Rice
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Overview

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading a seemingly charmed life jetting between her Manhattan penthouse and France for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. In the wake of tragedy and loss, she has come back to the home on Salt Whistle Road that has always meant shelter, security, family, and love. Here she hopes to heal, holding on to treasured memories of her child and the life she shared with her husband, Matt. But fate intervenes, turning her onto a path she never expected. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes - but runs back into the blaze to save something so precious that it's worth risking her life for. It is that reckless act of blind desperation that sets a miracle in motion ... and signals a new beginning.

Seeking refuge from the pain of a collapsed marriage, Anne Davis returned to Salt Whistle Road. There, she hoped to find solace in the old house that always symbolized security and love. As a fire raged through the house and was about to engulf what little comfort she had left, Anne raced back into the inferno to rescue something more precious than life itself. It was an act that gave birth to a miracle, and, for Anne, a new life.

Synopsis

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security, family and love. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes--but runs back into the blaze to save something so precious that it's worth risking her life for. It is that reckless act of blind desperation that sets a miracle in motion.

Publishers Weekly

A young woman who is emotionally scarred by the death of her daughter gets a second chance at love. (June)

About the Author, Luanne Rice

In her bestselling novels, Luanne Rice captures the complexity of human relationships and the triumphs and challenges of everyday life.

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Editorials

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

A young woman who is emotionally scarred by the death of her daughter gets a second chance at love. (June)

Library Journal

Rice's Blue Moon was a tad weak, and LJ readers were advised to "wait for her next novel" (LJ 8/93). Here it is. Home Fires tells of a tragedy-prone woman who learns to love again.

Joanne Wilkinson

After witnessing the death of her four-year-old daughter, Karen, in a tragic accident, Anne Davis returns to the New England island where she grew up. When a fire threatens to consume the family home, Anne reenters the house in search of her dead daughter's most treasured possessions. Overcome by smoke, she is rescued by Thomas Devlin, a grotesquely scarred firefighter who recognizes in Anne a fellow survivor. The two kindred souls start a tenuous relationship, but Thomas' jealous son and Anne's cold ex-husband attempt to derail their romance. This 1990s version of the Beauty and the Beast story has many fine touches--the way Karen's winsome crayon drawing becomes her mother's talisman; Anne's sister's barely suppressed envy of Anne's glamorous life; troubled teen Maggie's start-and-stop efforts to straighten out her life. But Rice blows a good deal of credibility by loading down her plot with one tragic event after another. This fairy tale would have you believe that you can find love in a dangerous world, but you'd better have plenty of fire and auto insurance

Book Details

Published
July 1, 1996
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pages
320
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN
9780553573220

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