Signal Fires: A novel

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NATIONAL BEST SELLER • From the beloved author of Inheritance:”a haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets” (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings)

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.

A TIME Best Fiction Book of the Year • A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction • A Real Simple Best Book of the Year

An ancient majestic oak stands beneath the stars on Division Street. And under the tree sits Ben Wilf, a retired doctor, and ten-year-old Waldo Shenkman, a brilliant, lonely boy who is pointing out his favorite constellations. Waldo doesn’t realize it but he and Ben have met before. And they will again, and again. Across time and space, and shared destiny.

Division Street is full of secrets. An impulsive lie begets a secret—one which will forever haunt the Wilf family. And the Shenkmans, who move into the neighborhood many years later, bring secrets of their own.. Spanning fifty kaleidoscopic years, on a street—and in a galaxy—where stars collapse and stories collide, these two families become bound in ways they never could have imagined.

Urgent and compassionate, Signal Fires is a magical story for our times, a literary tour de force by a masterful storyteller at the height of her powers. A luminous meditation on family, memory, and the healing power of interconnectedness.

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an urgent and compassionate meditation on memory, time, and space says ruth ozekian urgent and compassionate meditation on memory, time, and space says ruth ozeki

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09Q8FNM11
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage (October 18, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.8 MB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 259 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0593534727

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Customers find the story engaging and thought-provoking. They praise the writing quality as extraordinary, masterful, and poetic at times. They find the characters unique and complex. The book has a moving narrative that weaves back and forth in time, reflecting the fluidity of time as a central theme. Readers appreciate the pacing and metaphysical insights from the narrator. However, opinions differ on the storytelling quality, with some finding it gripping and heart-wrenching while others feel it’s boring or weak.

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