Pizza Girl: A Novel Audiobook

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• “Fresh, funny, bittersweet…This book delivers humor, humanity and hubris."

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Bristles with biting wit and optimism, each page a feast.”

  — Esquire

• “This infectious evocation of a young woman’s slackerdom…will make it difficult not to root for the troubled and spirited pizza girl.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “[A] quirky and emotionally resonant L.A.-set debut…Offbeat, polished, and heartfelt.”

  — Booklist

• “Jane’s strong voice and lack of post–high school direction will resonate with teens.”

  — School Library Journal

• LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • Named an NPR, Marie Claire, and Teen Vogue best book of the year and a most anticipated book of the year by Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Time, People, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and more

• Fresh, funny, bittersweet...This book delivers humor, humanity and hubris.

  — New York Times Book Review

• Explosive...[Pizza Girl] bristles with biting wit and optimism, each page a feast of Cheeto-fingered heart, humor, and lyricism.

  — Esquire

• "This quirky, moody novel delivers in unexpected ways.

  — People

• Sharp and surprising, Pizza Girl shows us how obsession can fill the empty spaces in a young woman's life. Jean Kyoung Frazier will make you laugh with one sentence and break your heart with the next. A delicious debut.

  — Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth"In fearless, propulsive prose, Jean Kyoung Frazier perfectly captures the listless ache of a grieving, aimless teen on the cusp of terrifying responsibility. A sublime ode to obsessive outcasts and lovable screw-ups everywhere, Pizza Girl is irresistible and bold, brutal and sweet, with an ending that will thrash your heart.

• "Pizza Girl is luminous, brooding, and, frankly, awe-inspiring. It's a joy to spend time in Frazier's world, an experience that only illuminates our own. The novel that teaches you something about yourself is a rare thing, and Frazier has given us a gift.

  — Bryan Washington, author of Lot

• "Jean Kyoung Frazier, a blazing new voice in fiction, has given us a sly, poignant glimpse into the wilds of suburbia, where intergenerational queer love and alienation from labor go hand  in hand. And who doesn't want to read about that?

  — Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

• "To Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier brings a flawless ear for language, great inventiveness, unfailing intelligence and empathy, and best of all a rare and shimmering wit. This novel has immense appeal.

  — Richard Ford

• "Pizza Girl is a funny and moving debut, full of wry observation and deep humanity. Jean Kyoung Frazier’s incredibly winning protagonist delivers laughter and grief with all the toppings. A wonderful novel from a new writer with talent and heart.

  — Sam Lipsyte, author of Hark

• "Frazier’s darkly comic, unsentimental, subversive debut novel, Pizza Girl, heralds the debut of a wholly-original new kind of American hero, a pregnant, teetering-on-alcoholic Korean-American teenager, as well as the arrival of a wildly gifted writer.

  — Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls

• [A] playful and unflinching debut…This infectious evocation of a young woman’s slackerdom will appeal to fans of Halle Butler and Ottessa Moshfegh, and will make it difficult not to root for the troubled and spirited pizza girl.

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “[A] quirky and emotionally resonant L.A.-set debut…Offbeat, polished, and heartfelt.

  — Booklist