Permanent Record
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Choi, Mary H. K. |
| Subject: | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General | |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Dating & Sex | |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship | |
| Audience: | young adult |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Published: | September 2020 |
| Format: | Book-paperback |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Size: | 8.25in x 5.50in x 1.10in |
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Additional Notes
| From The Publisher* | A New York Times bestseller! "Smart and funny…warm and rewarding." -Booklist (starred review) "A compelling and quirky tale of love and negotiating early adulthood in New York City." -School Library Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, which Rainbow Rowell called "smart and funny," comes a "captivating" (The New York Times) romance about how social media influences relationships every day. On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn't have a whole lot going for him. His graveyard shift at a twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn is a struggle. Plus, he's up to his eyeballs in credit card debt. Never mind the state of his student loans. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. The brand is unstoppable. She graduated from child stardom to become an international icon, and her adult life is a queasy blur of private planes, step-and-repeats, aspirational hotel rooms, and strangers screaming for her just to notice them. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m. at the bodega in the dead of winter it's absurd to think they'd be A Thing. But as they discover who they are, who they want to be, and how to defy the deafening expectations of everyone else, Lee and Pab turn to each other. Which, of course, is when things get properly complicated. |
| Review Quote* | "Choi has a real gift for creating a character so real and complex that she can crack his psyche open like a melon and pick through all the gnarly seeds." |
| Review Quote* | "Captivating, with quotable one-liners pinging on every page." |
| Review Quote* | "Choi has penned a smart and funny read that is as much about finding your path as it is about falling in love...Choi's specificity, realistic dialogue, and humor ensure that the personal and romantic journeys feel warm and rewarding, but never saccharine." |
| Review Quote* | "Choi provides a lively cast of characters...[and] the rising action-filled with conflict, captivating events, and authentic-sounding, often humorous dialogue-will win readers, and teens like Pablo, who are unsure who they want to be, will relate to his dilemmas." |
| Review Quote* | "Choi pulls from themes in her previous book, Emergency Contact, and has created a compelling and quirky tale of love and negotiating early adulthood in New York City." |
| Biographical Note | Mary H.K. Choi is a writer for The New York Times, GQ, Wired, and The Atlantic. She has written comics for Marvel and DC, as well as a collection of essays called Oh, Never Mind. Her novels Emergency Contact and Permanent Record were New York Times bestsellers. She is the host of Hey, Cool Job!, a podcast about jobs, and Hey, Cool Life!, a podcast about mental health and creativity. Mary grew up in Hong Kong and Texas and now lives in New York. Follow her on Twitter @ChoitotheWorld. |