Sunday, January 17, 2016

How to start a fire

How to start a fire / Lisa Lutz 339 pgs.

What is the meaning of friendship?  And how much do we need our friends?  College roommates Anna, Kate and Georgiana are thrown together but then spend their lives "being there" for each other.  This book is a series of back and forth (in time) incidents that define their relationships by examples.  Anna is sort of the ring leader who will do anything on a dare...or even without the dare.  She also has a terrible substance abuse problem that haunts her until she is finally forced to recognize that it has to be corrected.  Kate is sweet and creative and thinks her life is on autopilots.  She will take over her grandfather's deli/cafe.  Georgiana is athletic and outdoorsy but makes really bad choices when it comes to men.  Throughout the book, the three help each other and hurt each other (ok, mostly Anna does the hurting) but they stick together because no one knows them like the other 2 do.

Enjoyable and in many ways realistic.

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