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After a fire destroys their home, April and Leo retreat with their children to her childhood house, carrying with them a marriage already beginning to fracture.
Told through multiple perspectives, The Burning Side explores family, grief, memory, forgiveness and the complicated meaning of home.
$225.00
From the author of The Bright Years, The Burning Side is a moving family saga about marriage, memory, grief and the question of what makes a home worth holding on to.
When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. With their home gone, they retreat to April’s childhood home in Dallas, where her spirited parents and siblings offer both comfort and complication.
As the family navigates the aftermath of the fire, including grief, guilt, logistics and the memories attached to everything that has been lost or saved, the cracks already forming in April and Leo’s marriage become impossible to ignore.
The story unfolds through multiple perspectives. April carries the weight of motherhood, marriage and self-blame, while Leo, a high school history teacher, is shaped by a lonely and fractured childhood. April’s mother, Deb, is facing another upheaval as she comes to terms with her husband’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Flashbacks also trace April and Leo’s relationship from its earliest connection to the decisions that brought them to this point.
Suffused with humour, longing and heartbreak, The Burning Side explores what families inherit and what they choose for themselves. At its heart are questions of forgiveness, being truly known, the meaning of home and the complicated endurance of long love.
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