| Those Who Favor Fire Contributor(s): Wolk, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679448497 ISBN-13: 9780679448495 Publisher: Random House (NY) OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97039827 |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.51" W x 9.57" (1.52 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fannie Flagg meets Stephen King in this love story of small-town life where Americana and the American nightmare converge. A fire is burning below ground in Belle Haven, in abandoned mine shafts, occasionally coming up for air and to swallow a house or car or pet. Rachel Hearn has lived here all of her life, except for one interlude away at college -- a time she would rather forget. Her new friend, the stranger everyone in town calls Just Joe, has recently found his way here, having traded in his Jaguar for a motor home on the way. He is fleeing to a place he should be fleeing from, yet he is strangely attracted to this town, with its cast of curious, independent characters -- insiders who would be outsiders anywhere else. Those Who Favor Fire is more than a novel that turns on a universal theme -- love of one's own home plus fear of change -- it is a testament to Lauren Wolk's superb skills as a writer that she has made this fascinating story both believable and very entertaining. |