{"product_id":"pizza-girl-a-novel-9781984899002-new","title":"Pizza Girl: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e*LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh, funny, bittersweet...This book delivers humor, humanity and hubris.--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed an NPR, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e best book of the year and a most anticipated book of 2020 by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue, Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle, Time, People, BuzzFeed, Bustle, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of audacious and wryly funny novels like \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idiot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes the wildly original coming-of-age story of a pregnant pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl in suburban Los Angeles, our charmingly dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She's grieving the death of her father (whom she has more in common with than she'd like to admit), avoiding her supportive mom and loving boyfriend, and flagrantly ignoring her future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighborhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickled-covered pizzas for her son's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold, tender, propulsive, and unexpected in countless ways, Jean Kyoung Frazier's \u003ci\u003ePizza Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving and funny portrait of a flawed, unforgettable young woman as she tries to find her place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"More Than Words ","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53085216538784,"sku":"9781984899002-new","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/51KqpVz09RL.jpg?v=1764974139","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/pizza-girl-a-novel-9781984899002-new","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}