Those Who Favor Fire
A Novel
$29.75
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 January 1999
Summary
People feel at home in Belle Haven, and in many ways it is like any other small town, with a cafe where regulars come for the fresh cinnamon rolls and to talk about the weather, or one another, often staying all day. It’s a town with the usual collection of quirky characters–the people everyone knows who, by staying in one place long enough, have become part of its landscape. But what sets Belle Haven apart is its especially strong sense of community, which is both strengthened and tested by …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812992403 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812992407 |
| Author: | Lauren Wolk |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 1999 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Advance praise for Those Who Favor Fire:
“In Lauren Wolk’s capable hands, the story of a close-knit community struggling to coexist with an underground inferno becomes a meditation on trust and betrayal, loyalty and freedom, and the necessary balance between loving and letting go. This novel is by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, but beautifully written throughout. A stunning debut.”–Aimee Liu, author of Cloud Mountain
“Add all three of my names to a burgeoning list of fans: those who favor Lauren Wolk. Cozy as a country kitchen, this novel is, in part, a spice rack of a town remembered. Again I am home, inhaling bogs, barns, and Angela’s muffins.”–Robert Newton Peck, author of A Day No Pigs Would Die
“First-time novelist Wolk has conceived an engrossing plot and peopled it with appealing characters. [R]eminiscent of the best of Shirley Jackson.”–Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Lauren Wolk
Lauren Wolk was born in Baltimore and has since lived in California, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Canada, and Ohio. She now lives with her husband and two sons on Cape Cod, where she is at work on a second novel. After graduating from Brown University in 1981, Wolk worked as a writer for the Battered Women’s Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center. She later moved to Toronto, where she was a senior editor with Nelson Canada. Since the birth of her first son, Wolk has been a freelance writer and editor. She is also a contributing editor for OWL, an award-winning children’s magazine.
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