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A Best Book of the Year at NPR

A Must-Read at The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and The Orange County Register

Steamy, smart, and hilarious. Oprah Daily

Effervescent . . . Acerbically funny and tender . . . [A] supremely layered, emotionally and intellectually resonant novel for our time. Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston Globe

Christine Grillo's Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war.

The year is 2023, and things are badbad, but still not as bad as they could be. Hestia Harris is forty-two, abandoned by her husband (he left to fight for the Union cause), and estranged from her parents (they're leaving for the Confederacy). Yes, the United States has collapsed into a second civil war and again it's Unionists against Confederates, children against parents, friends against fri

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      Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/22/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780374609979, 978-0374609979
      ISBN10: 0374609977

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Best Book of the Year at NPR

      A Must-Read at The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and The Orange County Register

      Steamy, smart, and hilarious. Oprah Daily

      Effervescent . . . Acerbically funny and tender . . . [A] supremely layered, emotionally and intellectually resonant novel for our time. Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston Globe

      Christine Grillo's Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war.

      The year is 2023, and things are badbad, but still not as bad as they could be. Hestia Harris is forty-two, abandoned by her husband (he left to fight for the Union cause), and estranged from her parents (they're leaving for the Confederacy). Yes, the United States has collapsed into a second civil war and again it's Unionists against Confederates, children against parents, friends against fri

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