October, 1946: Ladders to FIre

Ladders to Fire was officially published by a commercial publisher, E.P. Dutton, after years of printing and publishing her own books. There were bookshop parties at Gotham Book Mart, Young's Bookstore, Lawrence Maxwell's, and Four Seasons in New York. People approached Anais with several copies of her book, wanting her to sign not only for them, but for their friends. It was a dream come true for her. Ladders to Fire was the first in a series of five continuous novels collected in Cities of the Interior, a study of women.