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From the New York Times best-selling writer of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Partner (an Oprah's Publication Team selection): an exquisitely suspenseful new novel about an extraordinary young woman examined with a catastrophic event and its devastating aftermath - predicated on the true account of the major flame in Maine's record In October 1947, following a summer-long drought, fires break out all over the Maine seacoast, from Pub Harbor to Kittery, and are soon rushing out of control from town to community. Five months pregnant, Elegance Holland is remaining alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her closest friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two small children, Grace watches helplessly as their residences burn to the bottom, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. The women spend the night frantically safeguarding their children and in the morning find their lives forever improved: homeless, penniless, awaiting reports of these husbands' destiny, and left to handle an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. Amid this devastating damage, Elegance discovers glorious new freedoms - joys and triumphs she could do not have expected her small life with Gene could contain - and her spirit soars. And the unthinkable happens - and Grace's bravery is examined as nothing you've seen prior.
