

Katherine Center's novel offers fascinating insights into the world of firefighting. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for THE THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE then take off on your own: 1. Center's novel Things You Save in a Fire was New York Times bestseller, and a Book of the Month Club pick for July Along with Jeffrey Toobin and Douglas Brinkley, Center was one of the speakers at the Houston Chronicle Book and Author Dinner. The movie adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix in August of, was. She is the New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire, and her newest, What You Wish For. Things You Save in a Fire is a heartfelt and healing tour-de-force about the strength of vulnerability and the nourishing magic of forgiveness.īookPage calls Katherine Center "the reigning queen of comfort reads.". Book - From the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about courage, hope, and learning to love against all odds. (Already doing it.) It’s time for Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.) 2. Completely change her name and appearance. 13, Saving lives is not just a job for Austin firefighter Cassie Hanwell it’s core to who she : Katherine Center. Have you guys read this one? Will you read it now? What else would you like to know about it? Let me know in the comments. And there is adult language.Ī huge thank you to Snail on the Wall books for the ARC. It is not explicitly detailed or described. Fun and romance while learning lessons? I don’t think that it gets any better than that!īeware: One character has suffered a sexual assault in the past. And while there’s a romantic element (it could be classified as chick lit), I love how Center includes a more substantive narrative of forgiveness. Anne told me that I needed these two things in my fun fiction reads and I think that she was right. I liked the pacing – the storyline drove the narrative which I love and need in my fun fiction books. I loved that connection, however, Fire can stand on its own.Īgain, this is what I consider a great summer read.

And Cassie was the firefighter that worked to save Mags from Walk Away. I loved Cassie, the main protagonist, who is a firefighter! Hooray for all firefighters, and specifically lady firefighters! I learned a lot about firefighting and was duly impressed – Center’s husband is a volunteer firefighter so she used him to get the details right. Releasing on August 13, Things You Save in a Fire would make a great late summer read I read it over two nights (it was a page-turner!!!!) If you liked How to Walk Away, you will like this one.
