A Fire So Wild A Novel

Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Marisha Tapera

eAudio - 2024

Zibby Mag, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and She Reads Most Anticipated Book of the Year"Grossman balances the social and political, the emotional and physical, with insight and precision. Her disparate characters all hail from different worlds, and it's a horrific thrill to witness their dramas unfurl and collide.""—New York Times Book ReviewWith the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Earth, a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions as characters from all walks of life confront the injustices lying beneath the city's surface.As a wildfire threatens Berkeley, the city's inhabitants are forced to reckon w...ith the cracks in the lives they've built.Abigail, a wealthy homeowner, decides to throw a lavish birthday in a hillside mansion to raise money for the city's newest... more