Emergency Contact
by Mary H. K. Choi
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Pub Date 7 Nov 2019 | Archive Date 29 Oct 2019
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Description
'Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book' - Rainbow Rowell
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From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory - perfect for fans of Eleanor & Park and To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
For Penny Lee high school was a total non-event. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn't actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it's seventy-nine miles and a million light years away from everything she can't wait to leave behind.
Sam's stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he's a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his bank account and his dying laptop are really testing him.
When Sam and Penny cross paths it's less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch - via text - and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780349003467 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 400 |
Featured Reviews
Jinghay C, Reviewer
[ I received a copy on Netgalley in return for an honest review. ]
'Emergency Contact' is a young adult contemporary novel that centers around the lives of Penny and Sam as they each cope with different life changing events. For Penny it's moving away from home for college, and for Sam it's his relationship with his now ex girlfriend, Lorraine.
First and foremost, I would just like to say that I absolutely loved how the main characters interacted with each other. Whether it be through text, or in real life, their conversations were just so interesting and fun to read and I really liked how they could go from talking about smart/sophisticated things to random topics like "pie or cake". You honestly couldn't help but root for them to get together because they were so PERFECT for each other! 😍
I wasn't as keen with the other characters in the story at first, because they all felt rather cold and distant from the MCs, (especially Penny). But I soon realised that it was sort of just a reflection of how the MCs viewed these other characters because as soon as they began to warm up to them so did I. They became much more loveable and interesting, and by the end of the novel I pretty much adored every character. 💕
In general, I really liked the whole idea of having an "emergency contact" and I thought the book was extremely well written.
The ending did feel somewhat rushed to me though, but that might just be because I didn't want to part with these characters just yet. 🙈
Definitely recommend this if you're looking for a short, romance ya! 😊
I'm looking forward to reading Mary H. K. Choir's other books.
Rating: 4.5 / 5
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