How to Start a Fire is such a
well-crafted, thought-out, novel that it has quickly become my favorite this
year. Nonlinear and at times confusing (but in such a wonderful unfolding
of beautiful storytelling) we meet three flawed women in college. Lutz interweaves
their stories through flashes of time between the past and present spanning 20
years into middle-age. We slowly gather details
about one traumatic night in their 20s plus the aftereffects on each of them without
yet knowing what that night entailed.
Anna Fury eschews her wealthy background with
misadventures and a strong love of drinking.
Orphan, Kate Smirnoff was raised by her grandfather and hasn't planned
anything for her future beyond owning her grandfather’s greasy spoon diner come
graduation. George (Georgianna) Leoni,
the beauty of the three, keeps falling for the wrong men preferring to morph
herself into the ‘perfect wife’ depending on the husband. This is such a calculated and well-timed
story and would make a great book club selection as there is much to discuss
regarding how lives are changed with certain events. I am incredibly impressed with Lutz and she
remains one of my favorite authors.
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