How to Start a Fire

Publisher Marketing: From a "New York Times" bestselling author comes a story of unexpected friendship 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. 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 the web of wild adventures, unspoken jealousies, and sudden tragedies that alter the course of their lives is charted with sharp wit and aching sadness in this meticulously constructed novel. Anna, the de facto leader, is fearless and restless moving fast to stay one step ahead of her demons. Quirky, contemplative Kate is a natural sidekick but a terrible wingman ( If you go home with him, might I suggest breathing through your mouth ). And then there s George: the most desired woman in any room, and the one most likely to leave with the worst man. Shot through with the crackling dialogue, irresistible characters, and propulsive narrative drive that make Lutz s books so beloved, "How to Start a Fire" pulls us deep into Anna, Kate, and George s complicated bond and pays homage to the abiding, irrational love we share with the family we choose." Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 31 (EAN 9780544411630, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9780544411630, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/23/2015 (EAN 9780544411630, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 83 (EAN 9780544411630, Hardcover) - *Starred Review BookPage 05/01/2015 (EAN 9780544411630, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lutz, Lisa LISA LUTZ is the "New York Times" bestselling author of the six novels in "The Spellman Files "series and "Heads You Lose" (with David Hayward). Lutz has won the Alex Award and has been nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in upstate New York. Contributor Bio:  Gilbert, Tavia Producer Tavia Gilbert is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, an Audie Award nominee, and a Parent's Choice Award winner. She makes her home in Portland, Maine, where she works as a writer and a stage and voice actor. Tavia produces, directs, and narrates unique audiobooks, full-cast recordings, and documentaries, and she is currently pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.