{"product_id":"the-book-of-fire-9780593497296","title":"The Book of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A tender depiction of loss and healing that raises questions about guilt and blame in the age of climate change.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As with \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo, \u003c\/i\u003e Lefteri transports the reader to a once lush and now destroyed world.\"--Kristin Hannah, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Months later, as the village tries to rebuild, Irini stumbles upon the man who started the fire, a land speculator who had intended only a small, controlled burn to clear forestland to build on but instead ignited a catastrophe. He is dying, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the local police investigate the suspicious death, Tasso mourns his father, who has not been seen since before the fire. Tasso's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously written, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful work about the search for meaning in the wake of tragedy, as well as the universal ties that bind people together, and to the land that they call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrought up in London, \u003cb\u003eChristy Lefteri \u003c\/b\u003eis the child of Cypriot refugees. She holds a PhD in creative writing from Brunel University, where she was a lecturer for many years. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSongbirds\u003c\/i\u003e and the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Aspen Words Literary Prize and was the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible, \u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899570950418,"sku":"9780593497296","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12c59d48-1367-497a-b7c0-5077aac56ee7.jpg?v=1744279522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-fire-9780593497296","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}