Where There Was Fire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250817389)

A lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias

"An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyricism." ―Publishers Weekly

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Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, and her husband disappears, the future of Teresa's family is changed forever.

Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family's rupture.

Brimming with ancestral spirits, omens, and the anthropomorphic forces of nature, John Manuel Arias weaves a brilliant tapestry of love, loss, secrets, and redemption in Where There Was Fire.

Author: John Manuel Arias
ISBN-10: 1250817382
ISBN-13: 9781250817389
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Language: English
Published: 08/29/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.46w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2023 pg. 2
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2023
Library Journal 12/22/2023 pg. 1