Ann Katz Festival of Books and Arts

Community Reads: The House is On Fire with Rachel Beanland

A riveting reimagining of one of early America's deadliest tragedies, the Richmond Theater Fire of 1811, told from the perspectives of four characters whose lives are irrevocably altered in the aftermath of the inferno.

A "GMA Buzz Pick" by Good Morning America
An April 2023 Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association
One of the Washington Post's most anticipated books of April
One of 12 books to Add to Your Reading List for April by E! News
One of NPR's Best Books of 2023
One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023

Based on the true story of Richmond's theater fire, The House is On Fire offers proof that sometimes, in the midst of great tragedy, we are offered our most precious-and fleeting-chances at redemption. This is a Jewish Book Council Program.

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