{"product_id":"playing-with-matches-paperback","title":"Playing with Matches - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Orenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of Summer by \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best rom-com of the season...overflowing with charm and heart.\" --\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The perfect Summer read--smart, funny, escapist, and bursting with charm.\" --\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGood in Bed \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Assistants\u003c\/i\u003e comes a funny and smart comedy about a young matchmaker balancing her messy personal life and the demands of her eccentric clients.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSasha 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSasha 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFresh, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Matches\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Orenstein is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Matches, Love at First Like\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHead Over Heels\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the deputy editor of dating at \u003ci\u003eElite Daily\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, she was a writer and editor at Seventeen.com. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693417238591,"sku":"9781501178481","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/18866bb157357074df6e592429b555f2.webp?v=1764998858","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/playing-with-matches-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}