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02771aam a2200373 i 4500 001 DD367D34084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240422t20242024meu ed 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9798885796057 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1430768973 040 $a NDS $b eng $e rda $c NDS $d SILO 050 10 $a PR6112.E419 $b B66 2024b 100 1 $a Lefteri, Christy, $d 1980- $e author. 245 14 $a The book of fire / $c Christy Lefteri. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a [Waterville, Maine] : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2024. 300 $a 443 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a 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. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Women music teachers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Painters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Wildfires $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Forests and forestry $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Guilt $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hope $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Life change events $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Islands $z Greece $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012352.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD367D34084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search