<b>From a bestselling writer, 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</b><br><br> 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.<br><br> 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.<br><br> Shot through with the crackling dialogue, irresistible characters, and propulsive narrative drive that make Lutz's books so beloved, <i>How to Start a Fire</i> 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.
