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Lisa Lutz
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From a New York Times best-selling 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 Georgianna 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 courses 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.
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- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. Even though she was just 22 when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation.
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Probably buy the book too.
- By Soupergirl on 09-14-15
By: Marina Keegan
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The Other Mother
- By: Rachel Harper
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, William DeMeritt
- Length: 14 hrs
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Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami, who arrives at Brown University on a scholarship—but also to learn more about his late father, Jasper Patterson, a famous ballet dancer who died tragically when Jenry was two. On his search, he meets his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a legendary professor of African American history and a fixture at the Ivy League school, who explodes his world with one question: Why is Jenry so focused on Jasper, when it was Winston’s daughter, Juliet, who was Jenry’s mother’s lover?
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Very good.
- By Roland Harper on 05-22-22
By: Rachel Harper
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The UnAmericans
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- By: Molly Antopol
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Again and again, Molly Antopol’s deeply sympathetic characters struggle for footing in an uncertain world, hounded by forces beyond their control. Their voices are intimate and powerful and they resonate with searing beauty. Antopol is a superb young talent, and The UnAmericans will long be remembered for its wit, humanity, and heart.
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Sensational stories! Brilliant new author.
- By MidwestGeek on 05-04-14
By: Molly Antopol
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No Safe Secret
- By: Fern Michaels
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From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly's life is gleaming and beautiful - at least on the surface. Married to Tanner, a top cosmetic dentist, she has a wonderful daughter finishing high school and twin stepsons from Tanner's first marriage. No one in her exclusive neighborhood in Goldenhills, Massachusetts, knows what living with the demanding Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost two decades ago.
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All the stars I can give...
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By: Fern Michaels
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Her Sister's Shoes
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Samantha Sweeney has always been the glue that holds her family together, their go-to girl for love and support. When an ATV accident leaves her teenage son in a wheelchair, she loses her carefully constructed self-control. In the after-gloom of her dreaded 50th birthday and the discovery of her husband's infidelity, Jackie realizes she must reconnect with her former self to find the happiness she needs to move forward.
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Heartwarming family issues.
- By Schmanet on 07-25-16
By: Ashley Farley
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The Daisy Children
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When Katie Garrett gets the news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston and travels to rural Texas. There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly and flamboyant, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
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a little odd to me
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By: Sofia Grant
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Breaking Night
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- By: Liz Murray
- Narrated by: Liz Murray
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Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age 15, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. Then, when Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny.
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unbelievably inspiring
- By Amazon Customer on 03-17-12
By: Liz Murray
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My Lovely Wife
- By: Samantha Downing
- Narrated by: David Pittu
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Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances with whom you keep meaning to get dinner. We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive. Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.
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Great narrator! Crazy story!
- By EasyBreezySunflower on 03-28-19
By: Samantha Downing
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One Amazing Thing
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Winner of a Pushcart Prize for poetry and an American Book Award for her short stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores themes of women, immigration, and her vibrant Indian culture to great effect. Divakaruni expands on these ideas in One Amazing Thing, a project long in the making and full of electric prose.
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An ok way to kill some time
- By R.Reader on 11-07-12
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Save Me
- By: Kristyn Kusek Lewis
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Daphne Mitchell has always believed in cause and effect, right and wrong, good and bad. The good: her dream job as a doctor; Owen, her childhood sweetheart and now husband; the beautiful farmhouse they're restoring together. In fact most of her life has been good - until the day Owen comes home early from work to tell her he's fallen head over heels for someone else.
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- By ngoza on 08-10-15
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- Christine
- 09-14-18
Awesome! Didn't want it to end
The way the story was delivered is unique and entertaining. great story, awesome narration Loved it.
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- Annette
- 02-22-22
LOVED The story and characters
This was a very well-written story and I stayed intrigued throughout the entire book. Excellent
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- Kim
- 05-14-15
Not what I expect from Lisa Lutz
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
No. In fact, I told my sister to only read it if she had read and re-read everything she wanted to read.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The story jumped around so much I never really found anything interesting.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
As for her voice and her portrayal of characters, the narrator did a fine job. She didn't convey the parts that were supposed to be humorous as such. She read them flat.
Do you think How to Start a Fire needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Nooooooooo.....please, no.
Any additional comments?
I have read all of Lisa Lutz's books. They are all highly entertaining. Maybe if I had read this book in print instead of listening to it, I would have found it more enjoyable.
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- Jackie
- 01-10-22
Confusing (Time Lapse)
The characters were interesting but I felt like I couldn’t really understand where their issues stemmed from. All three girls had major issues and the author never seemed to tell the story of what made them that way. Another issue was the time lapse. The book jumped around so much and sometimes didn’t let you know you were in a different time period of their lives. It was so confusing. This could’ve been a really good book but fell short for me.
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- janet
- 05-25-15
Read this book - don't listen to it
I strongly recommend this book be read rather than played. The chapters skip back and forth to various decades and it was very hard to keep track, especially if you only listen to a few chapters a day like I did. I'm playing it again so I can catch some of the details that I missed the first time. Overall the story was interesting and well-written, but I wanted it told in chronological order. I've read all of Lutz's other books and found them hilarious. This book is not funny.
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- Marlana W.
- 02-07-22
What a journey to immerse in
I love this book so much! The narrator was wonderful and I'm impressed how well she read this book, 3 deep characters had to be a challenge and she did it perfectly. I really likes the characters and their quirky personalities. I love their loyalty even through gut wrenching tragedy, they are a family the three of them. I laughed and cried. I listened from start to finish, only stopping to sleep. I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it. It was free for me with my plus membership.
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- CC
- 10-10-23
Excellent good movement in space and time and great character development
Excellent good movement in space and time and great character development
Interesting character analysis. In fact what does the author want us to know and how are s the process achieved
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- Sharon D. Moore
- 05-13-15
Unsure
I love the books Lisa Lutz writes and become invested in the characters, follow the plot and enjoy it through to the end with the exception of this book. I could not bring myself to care about anyone in this story. It wasn't a bad story, it was just one I listened to but failed to connect with or enjoy.
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- Teresa Shepperd
- 04-04-21
This book seems bold , but is more like a Twinkie
everybody trying to write a good book and it wasn't bad if it was of coding everything. Look growing and changing and becoming takes time work sacrifice and an unbelievable level of commitment.
If a u rreadinnn dis "den ru rak drisaprine "
That is a quote from my master lee. I watched him bury his foot 6 inches into a new 200 pound bag and nobody was holding the bag. he had much drisaprine.
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- Karen
- 08-05-17
Its all over the place
Would you try another book from Lisa Lutz and/or Tavia Gilbert?
The reason I read this title is that I read Lisa Lutz, Spellman series and loved them and I laugh out loud for real. I also enjoyed listening to the narrators Ari Graynor, and Christina Moore. I didn't care for Tavia Gilbert, a little over done for my taste.
What was most disappointing about Lisa Lutz’s story?
The story is all over the place, and I don't know or care about the characters
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Tavia Gilbert?
Ari Graynor
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
A state of being weary, and angry I used my credits on it.
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