Its 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 towns newly promoted fire chief, who seems more interested in saving everyone elses life than in living his own, and from the low country marshes where Cassie has never quite felt at home. But as Peck and Cassie drift apart, their teenage daughter, Kelly, finds herself torn between her parents and her desperate need for normalcy. It will take a tumultuous journey back to the North Carolina mountains before Cassie can begin to understand the complicated love that resides, unrecognized, deep in her heart.From a masterly voice in Southern fiction, The Firemans Wife is an emotionally bare and moving novel about one womans struggle to do whats rightfor her family, for her love, and for herself.From the Trade Paperback edition.