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The Fireman's Wife
The Fireman's Wife
Author: Jack Riggs
It's June 1970. As the low country of South Carolina burns in a seven-month drought, Cassie Johnson longs for escape: both from her husband, Peck, the town's newly promoted fire chief, who seems more interested in saving everyone else's life than in living his own, and from the low country marshes where Cassie has never quite felt at...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345480064
ISBN-10: 0345480066
Publication Date: 12/30/2008
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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I found myself hurrying to finish this book because I simply didn't connect with the characters. I thought their conversations were stilted and the personal situations were unrealistic. I gave it two stars because of the descriptions of the low country vs. the mountain. Having spent time in both, I thought the reasons were valid by the people loving each of these disparate areas. I also thought that Riggs did an excellent idea of going back and forth between Cassie and Peck, and presenting both perceptions, but that simply didn't overcome my aversion to these characters.


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