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From Ecowomen.net: "A beautiful and haunting tale about generations connected by livelihood and place, Ford evokes the great books by Kingsolver and Steinbeck. Lush prose, conflicted characters so vividly drawn you would recognize them passing them on the street, and a gorgeous taste of environmental debate. Ford never gets pedantic, but blends thoughtful reflection and the urgency of fighting fires both metaphoric and literal in this expertly written novel." <p>Author Rachel Devenish Ford presents a debut novel rich with depth and insight of emotion and need.</p> <p>Molly Boscelli, a goat farmer in the hills of Humboldt County, California, is fighting an approaching forest fire with sheer force of will.</p> <p>She and her husband Jack inherited their sweeping piece of land in the hills from Molly's mother, Catherine, ten years before, and the years have been a long slope of resentment for Molly, called back to a place that is teeming with reminders of her inability to live up to her mother's legend.</p> <p>With the threat of fire, things begin to accelerate. The couple can't seem to get the help they need from the state fire department. Molly teeters on the brink of exhaustion an

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Author

Devenish Ford, Rachel

Publisher

San Francisco, CA: Small Seed Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780615477831

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.36 / 5 (181 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14