<i>A story of the power of love and the triumph of the human spirit against the odds</i><p>In a small town like any other small towns around Australia live the Maloneys. They are a fifth-generation Australian family of Irish Catholic descent who are struggling to reach the first rung of the social ladder. The Maloneys are a family you won't forget: a strong mother, a father broken by war, three boys and two girls, one of whom has an illegitimate daughter. Each of their lives is changed forever by the four fires - passion, religion, warfare and fire itself.<p><i>'Not since writing </i>The Power of One<i> have I felt this close to a book.'</i> Bryce Courtenay

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