Hot breath on Grace's face. Claire is screaming, and Grace is on her feet. Ako she lifts her daughter, a stenu fire fills the window. Perhaps a štvrťrok milo back, ak nie that. Where's Gene? Didn't he come home? 1947. Fires sú jazdy po pobreží Maine po letnej-long drought, rozprávanie thousands acres, causing unprecedented confusion and fear. Päť mesiacov pregnant, Grace Holland je ľavý sám na ochranu tvojich dvoch toddlers, pri ktorých difficult a unpredictable husband Gene joins the volunteers boj proti ohňu pod kontrolou. Až so svojimi najlepšími priateľmi, Rosie, a Rosie s dvoma mladými deťmi, ženy sledujú horor a ich domovy ísť do plameňov, budú chodiť do oceánu ako posledný rezort. The spend the night frantically trying to save their children. Ktorý dawn comes, majú veľmi milostne survived, ale ich životy sú falošné zmenené: homeless, penniless, a doleva na tvár uncertain future. Ako Grace awaits novinky z jej husband's fate, she is thrust do nového sveta v ktorom she must make a život on her own, beginning with absolutely nothing; she must find work, a domov, a ako to provide for her children. V strede devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious nových freedoms - joys and triumphs she could never have expected jej narrow life with Gene could contain - and her spirit soars. And then the unthinkable happens, and Grace's bravery je testovaný as never before.