Playing with Matches A Novel
Playing with Matches A Novel by Hannah Orenstein is published by Atria Books and was released on June 26, 2018. This 320-page novel follows Sasha Goldberg, a young matchmaker navigating her chaotic personal life while managing the expectations of her unique clients in New York City. After her journalism career takes an unexpected turn, Sasha leverages her family’s hidden history to secure a position at a prestigious dating service, Bliss, where she faces the challenges of matchmaking for a diverse clientele.
Readers will find a humorous exploration of modern dating as Sasha juggles her clients’ romantic aspirations and her own tumultuous relationships. The narrative delves into themes of family life and coming of age, highlighting the complexities of love and self-discovery in a swipe-driven world. As Sasha encounters various characters, including a TV executive and a baseball-loving virgin, she grapples with her own romantic dilemmas, particularly after a betrayal from her boyfriend. Playing with Matches offers a fresh perspective on the dating landscape, blending comedy with the realities of finding love.
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Named a Best Book of Summer by Refinery29, Bustle, and PopSugar
“The best rom-com of the season…overflowing with charm and heart.” —Bustle
“The perfect summer read—smart, funny, escapist, and bursting with charm.” —PopSugar
In the tradition of Good in Bed and The Assistants comes a funny and smart comedy from the author of Maine Characters about a young matchmaker balancing her messy personal life and the demands of her eccentric clients.
Sasha Goldberg has a lot going for her: a recent journalism degree from NYU, an apartment with her best friend Caroline, and a relationship that would be amazing if her finance-bro boyfriend Jonathan would ever look up from his BlackBerry. But when her dream career falls through, she uses her family’s darkest secret to land a job as a matchmaker for New York City’s elite at the dating service Bliss.
Despite her inexperience, Sasha throws herself into her new career, trolling for catches on Tinder, coaching her clients through rejection, and dishing out dating advice to people twice her age. She sets up a TV exec who wanted kids five years ago, a forty-year-old baseball-loving virgin, and a consultant with a rigorous five-page checklist for her ideal match.
Sasha hopes to find her clients The One, like she did. But when Jonathan betrays her, she spirals out of control—and right into the arms of a writer with a charming Southern drawl, who she had previously set up with one of her clients. He’s strictly off-limits, but with her relationship on the rocks, all bets are off.
Fresh, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny, Playing with Matches is the addictive story about dating in today’s swipe-heavy society, and a young woman trying to find her own place in the world.
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