Signal Fires

by Dani Shapiro

ISBN: 9781784744960

Published: 2023-02-09

One night. One fateful choice. A constellation of lives changed forever. ** PREORDER THE US BESTSELLER** A Washington Post Best Book of the Year * A Time Must-Read Book of the Year * A Time 100 Best Books of the Year * A Vanity Fair 10 Best Books * A Real Simple Best Book of the Year On a summer night in 1985, the lives of three teenagers are shattered by a horrific car crash in which a young woman is killed next to the sprawling oak tree that marks the perimeter of 18 Division Street. For the Wilfs, it will become the deepest kind of family secret, one so dangerous it can never be spoken. Secrets preside over the neighborhood along with the majestic oak. As we move through the decades, watching this family change and grow, we see how each of them is haunted by what they choose to ignore. Their lives become deeply entwined with the Shenkmans across the street, a couple with their own secrets and a lonely son who is captivated by the stars and a need to break free. As their stories...