The Stars Are Fire is a strange little book that reeled me in despite myself. I started out the book not really care much for it. I found it hard to drum up sympathy for the main character, Grace, and I realized that the huge fires of 1947 in Maine, which really did happen, was sort of just a plot device that had really little to do with what the story was about. That said, I did find myself wanting to know what would happen next - always the hallmark of a good book. I decided I was not keen on the author's habitual need of spending countless pages just describing all of the things in a room.
Grace is a young mother of two living with a husband that she really no longer loves. She is pregnant and her husband goes to join the volunteer firefighters when Maine starts burning up after a long drought. After Grace and her children are rescued, she finds herself living with a kind, hospitable family and no way of knowing what has become of her husband, or how her small family will survive with no money or possessions left.
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