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Where There Was Fire: A Novel

By John Manuel Arias
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes
Unabridged — 10 hours, 25 minutes
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By John Manuel Arias
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes
Unabridged — 10 hours, 25 minutes
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A government cover-up, family secrets and the ghosts that haunt us — both figuratively and literally — pulse below the surface in this stunning debut novel, a finalist for the B&N Discover prize.

"Bilingual Spanish/English audiobook narrator Sananes enlivens Costa Rican American poet/writer Arias' multigenerational saga." -Booklist

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias


Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde's family is changed forever.

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