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From the bestselling Australian author of Daughter of Mine and Birthright.

'Fiona Lowe's ability to create atmosphere and tension and real relationship dynamics is a gift.' - Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Mother In Law

'Absorbing' - The Townsville Eye

When a lethal bushfire tore through Myrtle, nestled in Victoria's breathtaking Otway Ranges, the town's buildings - and the lives of its residents - were left as smouldering ash. For three women in particular, the fire fractured their lives and their relationships.

Eighteen months later, with the flurry of national attention long past, Myrtle stands restored, shiny and new. But is the outside polish just a veneer? Community stalwart Julie thinks tourism could bring back some financial stability to their little corner of the world and soon prods Claire, Bec and Sophie into joining her group. But the scar tissue of trauma runs deep, and as each woman exposes her secrets and faces the damage that day wrought, a shocking truth will emerge that will shake the town to its newly rebuilt foundations...

With her sharp eye for human foibles, bestselling author Fiona Lowe writes an evocative tale of everyday people fighting for themselves, their families and their town - as only this distinctively Australian storyteller can.

Praise for Fiona Lowe:

'A book that delivers numerous shocks and is one that cannot be put down.' GLAM Adelaide

'Fiona Lowe is the queen of Australian country town fiction' Canberra Weekly

'A great grassroots yarn.' Woman's Day

'Lowe is a master at painting believable characters ... an addictive read.' The Weekly Times on Birthright

'Distinctly Australian with its power to evoke grit and tenderness, joy and bleakness, tragedy and comedy, all at once.' Better Reading on Birthright

'A sweeping Australian novel of lost love and tangled family secrets.' Australian Country on Daughter of Mine

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'Lowe is a master at painting believable characters with heart and soul.' -- The Weekly Times

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Fiona Lowe has been a midwife, a sexual health counsellor and a family support worker; an ideal career for an author who writes novels about family and relationships. She spent her early years in Papua New Guinea where, without television, reading was the entertainment and it set up a lifelong love of books. Although she often re-wrote the endings of books in her head, it was the birth of her first child that prompted her to write her first novel. A recipient of the prestigious USA RITA award and the Australian RuBY award, Fiona's books are set in small country towns and feature real people facing difficult choices and explore how family ties and relationships impact on their decisions. When she's not writing stories, she's a distracted wife, mother of two 'ginger' sons, a volunteer in her community, guardian of 80 rose bushes, slave to a cat and is often found collapsed on the couch with wine. You can find her at her website, fionalowe.com, and on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HCQVJ12
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HQ Fiction (1 March 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 912 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 446 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 76,411 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 1,382 in Family Saga Fiction (Kindle Store)
- 1,630 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books)
- 1,761 in Women's Fiction About Domestic Life

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Multi published and a RITA & two-times RuBY award winner, Fiona Lowe is an Australian best-selling author who is internationally published with Harper Collins, Harlequin and Berkley/Penguin. Fiona explores the impact of secrets and lies on families, especially women, over the generations as well as exploring community themes such as the impact of wildfires. Daughter of Mine, Birthright, Home Fires, Just An Ordinary Family, A Home Like Ours and A Family of Strangers have all received rave reviews. Published in women's fiction, series and single title romance, her backlist is 35 novels She loves creating characters you could meet on the street and enjoys putting them in unique situations. Fiona currently lives in Australia, which is a lot warmer than Wisconsin and Montana. A distracted wife, mother of two young adult sons, guardian of 80 rose bushes and a slave to a cat, she is often found collapsed on the couch with wine.

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Dr Denise A Nisbet

Authentic Australian History with lovely story lines woven through devastating events.

Reviewed in Australia on 11 August 2020

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What a relief to find a well-written book, with a good story line, great characters, and just a general good read. Set in Myrtle, in Australia, with the background of the devastating bushfires of 1919 and the aftermath for the residents of the town, each person’s story sounds authentic and terrible, but the future of the people and the town is filled with hope and promise. Dr Denise A Nisbet

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Grannysebooks

So pertinent in Australia this year

Reviewed in Australia on 28 August 2020

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Home Fires was an insightful novel that told of the effects of the destruction of bushfires on a community through the individual tales of 4 families. A good story line and subtly done, without being preachy.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 February 2020

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I really liked this book. Australia was going through a very hot summer as I read the book. Bush fires everywhere, and the struggle that the characters in the story went through I imagined that all those who had lost their homes in our bushfires will go through the same if our Governments (Federal & State) don't pull together & get these people re-housed as soon as possible.

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Andrea T

Examining the aftermath of a catastrophic event...

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2019

If you’ve ever been through a bushfire emergency situation yourself, there’s a lot you will recognize from this drama set in a Victorian country town. What author Fiona Lowe does so well here in HOME FIRES is to examine the aftermath of bushfire. It is never over at that moment when the last embers have been extinguished. The repercussions of such destruction are felt for many many years, whether you have suffered the loss of property, loved ones, or perhaps neither. The experience of surviving a large-scale event like an Australian bushfire stays with you forever.

HOME FIRES examines this aftermath through the eyes of three women who are all connected through their isolated little community. The themes introduced in this work could be re-imagined in very different settings, but the catalyst is the day of the fires where their relationships, with each other and with their partners, are tested through adversity. These are women under great emotional, financial and societal pressure, amplified by the expectation that they will simply get on with things and that life will continue to follow paths set long before. Of course, that simply never happens.

The couples in HOME FIRES all had major life events happening before the day of the fires and continue to face new challenges well after they have buried loved ones, returned to their homes, or started the process of replacing the houses they have lost. The loss of the town of Myrtle to bushfire and the effect on its residents is felt differently by all who come out the other side, forever changed.

HOME FIRES features scenes from the before, the day itself, and all the longs days of recovery that come after. The reader will be quickly invested in the stories of Claire, Bec and Sophie who are vividly written as women fighting to keep their families safe and intact when they are have been so terribly threatened. We are reminded also that the greatest threats women face are often from those who claim to love them the most.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 August 2020

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A good Aussie Read

Reviewed in Australia on 24 August 2020

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This story tells us the whole story from all sides of rebuilding and family pressures, it’s a hard story to put don’t once you get it to it

Reviewed in Australia on 21 August 2020

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Absolutely loved this book well written. Highlighted the issues of a small community struggling with the aftermath of devastating bushfire. Well written and factual.

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paddlefoot1397

Captivating, small town story

Reviewed in Australia on 18 February 2019

I was captivated by this story. I live in a small town, I am a volunteer firefighter, so I have seen the aftermath of bushfires over the years, and the toll that it can take on people's lives.

Ms Lowe has captured this wonderfully. She has captured the town spirit that comes out after these catastrophic events, the way people come together to bring their home back to life.

It was a very emotional story, and Sophie, Bec and Claire will draw you right into their lives.

It also hits right home, with the way Tasmania in particular has suffered with terrible bushfires this summer. It gives those who have not been impacted or lived in areas that have been impacted a bit of a sense of what many Australians go through every year.

Thank you for writing such a wonderful story.

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Jennifer Lara

One event changes everything

Reviewed in the United States on 14 September 2022

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Home Fires by Fiona Lowe is a drama about one small town recovering from a devastating wildfire. The aftermath will expose many secrets and change their lives in more ways than one. The town of Myrtle, nestled in Victoria’s beautiful Otway Ranges, was devastated by a lethal brushfire. What was left was smoldering ash, everyone’s lives have changed. The story follows three women in particular: Claire Cartwright, Bec Petrovic, and Sophie Doherty. These women have very different lives and backgrounds but will come to find that friendship and support in each other will be their survival. Eighteen months after the fire, after the media frenzied attention has gone, Myrtle stands restored but deeper wounds are still festering in the community. When one secret reveals many more secrets that will rock the town to its foundations, these women must decide whether to band together and find a peace for themselves and their beloved town.
Home Fires is a haunting tale of everyday people who must fight for their lives, their families and their town. Ms. Lowe has a beautiful gift and a keen eye for the foibles of humanity and weaving them into a story that resonates beyond just the Australian countryside. The story features a very real event known as Black Saturday, February 7, 2009 when multiple fires merge into one major emergency. At the end, 173 people would lose their lives and thousands were left homeless. Ms. Lowe dives into the characters’ psyche before and after the fires and how they were forever changed. One word of warning, the story slowing, and I mean slowing, builds as the house of cards begins to grow bigger and bigger and it only takes one shiver to cause it to fall. When that one shiver happens, the story rages like the wildfire that destroyed the town. I highly recommend Home Fires.

Home Fires is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook.

Ian Palin

Must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2020

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Amazing story. Fantastic author. Highly recommended.

Nicky Hudson

A slow burner that eventually smoulders

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2021

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Overall, this was a good story. It’s the tale of a small Australian town ravaged by bushfire, and hops between multiple timelines to show us the lives of different characters and how events have impacted them

It took me a little while to get into the story, but once in, I was hooked and couldn’t wait to see how it all ended

I’m knocking a star off for the (I assume) Americanisation of the text - “Mom”, “wildfires” and temperatures in Fahrenheit are not Australian, and really grated on me! Totally unnecessary!

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Fire and its aftermath

Reviewed in the United States on 24 March 2022

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This is an excellent story, leading to much thought and insight into the reactions of people confronted by disaster. Just enough intrigue to hold interest making it hard to put down. A very good read!

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Reviewed in the United States on 18 March 2022

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The book had an excellent storyline. I would have tasted it a 5 star 🌟 had it not had all the cursing in it. You do not need cursing to make a book great.

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