Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Named a Vogue, Esquire, NPR, Marie Claire, and Refinery29 Best Book of the Year. Perfect for fans of Normal People and Fleabag
Great inventiveness, unfailing intelligence and empathy, and best of all a rare and shimmering wit Richard Ford
Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl, our dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. Shes grieving the death of her father, avoiding her loving boyfriend, and flagrantly ignoring her future.
Her world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighbourhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickle-covered pizzas for her sons happiness.
As one woman looks toward motherhood and the other toward middle age, the relationship between the two begins to blur in strange, complicated, and ultimately heartbreaking ways.
Bold, tender, and unexpected, Pizza Girlis a moving and funny portrait of a flawed, unforgettable young woman as she tries to find her place in the world.
A fine debut Independent
Utterly moving Stylist
A thought provoking debut I loved it Daily Mail
Fresh, funny, bittersweet New York Times
Bristles with biting wit and optimism, each page a feast of Cheeto-fingered heart, humor, and lyricism Esquire
Funny, fast-moving and essential You will devour it Lara Williams, author of Supper Club
Perfect for fans of Brit Bennett, Raven Leilani and Rumaan Alam.