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The house is on fire  Cover Image Book Book

The house is on fire / Rachel Beanland.

Beanland, Rachel, (author.).

Summary:

Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982186142 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 375 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Subject: Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.) > Fire, 1811 > Fiction.
Fires > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Theaters > Fiction.
Richmond (Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Virginia > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch FIC Beanl 31681010316842 FICTION Available -

Rachel Beanland is the author of the novel Florence Adler Swims Forever. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. She lives with her husband and three children in Richmond, Virginia. She has taught creative writing at the College of William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University and is the 2023–2024 Writer in Residence at the University of Richmond.


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