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Book review: Notes On Surviving The Fire is a haunting exploration of trauma and vengeance
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Christine Murphy’s debut is a bold and devastating exploration of violence, trauma and the stories people tell themselves to survive.
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By Christine Murphy
Fiction/Wildfire/Paperback/288 pages/$34.95
Midway through American writer Christine Murphy’s haunting debut novel, Notes On Surviving The Fire, protagonist Sarah Common remembers her childhood in Maine.
