Cassie Hanwell, a female firefighter, faces personal and professional challenges when she is forced to leave her fire station in Austin and move to Massachusetts to help her estranged mother. The story follows Cassie's journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and love as she navigates a new work environment and relationships, including a budding romance with a rookie firefighter named Owen. The book is praised for its strong female lead, themes of forgiveness and courage, and the emotional depth of the characters.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
The book contains triggers such as past trauma, sexual assault, and familial abandonment, which are significant aspects of the protagonist's backstory.
Has Romance?
The novel prominently features romantic elements, particularly the development of Cassie's relationship with the rookie firefighter, Owen.
From The Publisher:
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.
Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she's seen her fair share of them, and she's a total pro at other people's tragedies. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to give up her whole life and move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own.
The tough, old-school Boston firehouse is as different from Cassie's old job as it could possibly be. Hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities mean that the firemen aren't exactly thrilled to have a "lady" on the crew-even one as competent and smart as Cassie. Except for the infatuation-inspiring rookie, who doesn't seem to mind having Cassie around. But she can't think about that. Because love is girly, and it's not her thing. And don't forget the advice her old captain gave her: Never date firefighters. Cassie can feel her resolve slipping...and it means risking it all-the only job she's ever loved, and the hero she's worked like hell to become.
Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire is a heartfelt and healing tour-de-force about the strength of vulnerability, the nourishing magic of forgiveness, and the life-changing power of defining courage, at last, for yourself.
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I devoured this book. It’s heartbreaking and funny and sweet all at the same time. It's the the best book I’ve read all year. I stayed up half the night finishing it, sniffling to myself and hoping I didn't wake my husband up with my crying. It gave me all the feels.
Do yourself a favor and read it, because it’s amazing. And if you haven’t read How to Walk Away, read that too!
Katherine Center is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers.
I adore this emotional, feminist, romance about forgiveness.
What can you read after
Things You Save in a Fire?
About the Author:
KATHERINE CENTER is the author of six novels, including How to Walk Away, Happiness for Beginners, The Bright Side of Disaster, and Everyone Is Beautiful. Her books and essays have appeared in Redbook, People, USA Today, Vanity Fair, and Real Simple, as well as the anthologies Because I Love Her, CRUSH, and My Parents Were Awesome. Katherine is a graduate of Vassar College and the University of Houston's Creative Writing Program. She lives in Houston with her husband and two sweet children.
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