How to Start a Fire

• Date de parution : 12/05/2015
• Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• EAN : 9780544409644
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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@90@@31@From a bestselling writer, a story of unexpected friendship@95@mdash;three women thrown together in college who grow to adulthood united and divided by secrets, lies, and a single night that shaped all of them@32@@87@@16@ When UC Santa Cruz roommates Anna and Kate find passed-out... Voir plus

@90@@31@From a bestselling writer, a story of unexpected friendship@95@mdash;three women thrown together in college who grow to adulthood united and divided by secrets, lies, and a single night that shaped all of them@32@@87@@16@ When UC Santa Cruz roommates Anna and Kate find passed-out Georgiana Leoni on a lawn one night, they wheel her to their dorm in a shopping cart. Twenty years later, they gather around a campfire on the lawn of a New England mansion. What happens in between@95@mdash;the web of wild adventures, unspoken jealousies, and sudden tragedies that alter the course of their lives@95@mdash;is charted with sharp wit and aching sadness in this meticulously constructed novel.@87@@16@ Anna, the de facto leader, is fearless and restless@95@mdash;moving fast to stay one step ahead of her demons. Quirky, contemplative Kate is a natural sidekick but a terrible wingman (@95@ldquo;If you go home with him, might I suggest breathing through your mouth@95@rdquo;). And then there@12@s George: the most desired woman in any room, and the one most likely to leave with the worst man.@87@@16@ Shot through with the crackling dialogue, irresistible characters, and propulsive narrative drive that make Lutz@12@s books so beloved, @28@How to Start a Fire@018@ pulls us deep into Anna, Kate, and George@12@s complicated bond and pays homage to the abiding, irrational love we share with the family we choose.@91@