# Like A House On Fire

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- Book: [Like A House On Fire](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-hulse/like-a-house-on-fire) ([Like A House On Fire.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-hulse/like-a-house-on-fire.md))
- Authors: [Caroline Hulse](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-hulse)
- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-14-0917-834-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2020-05-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

'Acutely observed and brilliantly funny' CLARE MACKINTOSH, Sunday Times bestselling author of After the End 'A triumph of a novel' BETH O'LEARY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare * * * * * * * Things Stella and George have had blazing rows about: - Misquoting Jurassic Park. - Leaving a Coke can on the side of the bath. - Fitting car seats for their hypothetical kids. In other news, they're getting divorced. But first, Stella's mum is throwing a murder mystery party and - with her dad losing his job, her mum's recent diagnosis, and some very odd behaviour from her sister - now is not the time to tell everyone. All Stella and George have to do is make it through the day without their break-up being discovered - though it will soon turn out that having secrets runs in the family... More praise for LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE: 'Funny and sad and relateable and deeply human' HARRIET TYCE, bestselling author of Blood Orange 'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book... I was hooked from page one. Bravo, what a triumph!' JOSIE SILVER, bestselling author of One Day in December 'Sheer delight from start to finish' LESLEY KARA 'Painfully astute and brilliantly funny' BETH O'LEARY 'Witty, whip-smart and wincingly observant, pure entertainment from start to finish. A Caroline Hulse book is a reading highlight of my year' CATHY BRAMLEY, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Patchwork Family 'Absolutely loved Like A House On Fire. A proper delight' RICHARD ROPER 'Hilarious and brilliant and clever in that way only Caroline knows how to be. So compelling, I couldn't put it down' LUCY VINE 'Caroline Hulse is a very funny writer and a wonderfully compassionate observer of human frailty' KATE EBERLEN 'Funny, moving and astute. A triumph!' NICOLA MOSTYN