But Raina doesn't really know the first thing about matching people, and only really considers trying when she receives an email from her sister. In her tight knit Jewish community, word travels fast, and people are desperate for her help. When she accidentally matches up a woman she meets on the bus with a colleague of her uncle, she ends up inundated with emails to her anonymous Match Maven email address from people asking her to match them with someone. It doesn't help Raina that she is despised at school. Leah is completely heartbroken and cannot bear to talk to Raina. When Raina is expelled from school and has to live with her aunt and uncle, it's the final straw for her older sister Leah's fiancé Ben, and he ends the engagement. Playing With Matches by Suri Rosen is a book I've had my eye on for a while, so when it came up in Dahlia Adler's January Book Club, it was the perfect opportunity for me to finally pick it up! In this debut novel, Suri Rosen creates a comic and heartwarming story of one girl trying to find happiness for others, and redemption for herself. In the tight-knit Jewish community, Raina finds she is good at one thing: matchmaking! As the anonymous “Match Maven,” Raina sets up hopeless singles desperate to find the One.Ĭan she find the perfect match for her sister and get back on her good side, or will her secret life catch up with her?
Her sister, Leah, blames her for her broken engagement, and she’s a social pariah at her new school. Playing With Matches by Suri Rosen - When 16-year-old Raina Resnick is expelled from her Manhattan private school, she’s sent to live with her strict aunt-but Raina feels like she’s persona non grata no matter where she goes.
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