After the Fire

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480429468

<DIV><b>Five women at critical crossroads in their lives come together in this gem of a novel set on an island off the coast of Vancouver &#160;</b></div><DIV><i><BR>After the Fire </i>introduces a quintet of very different women as they struggle with abandonment, loss, and new beginnings&mdash;both together and alone.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>There is Karen Tasuki, who recently separated from her partner and wonders if she&rsquo;ll ever get used to being alone . . . until she befriends Red, who cleans houses for the island&rsquo;s privileged inhabitants. Miss James is the eccentric Southern spinster born at the turn of the century. Milly Forbes is a woman whose husband &ldquo;went scot free after stealing twenty years of her life.&rdquo; And the sensible Henrietta &ldquo;Hen&rdquo; Hawkins yearns for her absent, ill husband. &#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>On a rural island that they dub a &ldquo;used-wife lot,&rdquo; the five heroines nurture one another as they cope with loneliness, death, and renewed life. Imbued with wit and compassion, <i>After the Fire </i>is a novel about women loving women and women helping women&mdash;and the bond that transcends age, race, and even gender.</div>