Signal Fires A novel
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on October 24, 2023, is a novel that explores the profound impact of a tragic event on the lives of several individuals. Set against the backdrop of a summer night in 1985, the story begins with three teenagers whose lives are irrevocably altered after a drinking incident leads to a fatal car accident. The narrative delves into the aftermath of this incident, particularly focusing on the Wilf family and the secrets that emerge from their experience.
As the story unfolds, readers will encounter the Shenkmans, a couple expecting a child, who move into the neighborhood unaware of the past that haunts Division Street. The arrival of their son, Waldo, who possesses a unique ability to connect with the world around him, brings him into contact with Dr. Wilf, now retired and grappling with personal challenges. Signal Fires examines themes of family life, sibling dynamics, and the psychological complexities that arise from hidden truths. This edition spans 288 pages and is presented in English, offering a reflective look at the ties that bind families and the secrets that can fracture them.
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On a summer night in 1985, three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything changes.
A TIME Best Fiction Book of the Year • A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction • A Real Simple Best Book of the Year
Signal Fires opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on Division Street changes. Each of their lives, and that of Ben Wilf, a young doctor who arrives on the scene, is shattered. For the Wilf family, the circumstances of that fatal accident will become the deepest kind of secret, one so dangerous it can never be spoken.
On Division Street, time has moved on. When the Shenkmans arrive—a young couple expecting a baby boy—it is as if the accident never happened. But when Waldo, the Shenkmans’ brilliant, lonely son who marvels at the beauty of the world and has a native ability to find connections in everything, befriends Dr. Wilf, now retired and struggling with his wife’s decline, past events come hurtling back in ways no one could ever have foreseen.
In Dani Shapiro’s first work of fiction in fifteen years, she returns to the form that launched her career, with a riveting, deeply felt novel that examines the ties that bind families together—and the secrets that can break them apart. Signal Fires is a work of haunting beauty by a masterly storyteller.
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