‘Pool House is a sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story that is unsummarizable in a single sentence. Mary H.K. Choi speaks everything that normally goes unspoken, treating wealth, celebrity, even grief with the merciless yet affectionate point-of-view of a family member – ruthlessly ribbing one moment, and shattering your heart in the next. This book, like its author, is something very special’

Rachel Khong, author of Real Americans

‘Smart and stylish, Pool House is a fast-moving story of grief, fame, and the mess and meaning of family, told with Choi’s trademark wit and insight’

Lisa Ko, author of Memory Piece

‘Mary H.K. Choi’s Pool House is a deep full-bodied dive into joy. Her clarity, precision, and deep understanding of the bond between mothers and daughters will leave you underlining whole paragraphs with a trembling hand and calling your best friend to read them aloud. What a sparkling, astonishing novel!’

Mira Jacobs, author of Good Talk

‘Culturally incisive and relentlessly smart, Pool House is like Grey Gardens set against the tarnished glitz of the Hollywood C-list. It’s time we recognize Mary H.K Choi as an auteur’

Michelle Zauner, author of Crying in H Mart

‘Choi’s prose is unflinching, dynamic, effervescent, and expansive – Pool House is a magnum opus and a vibe. With delight and melancholy, Choi stretches questions of care, family, and becoming to their outer limits – the novel is a gem of honesty and clarity amidst the messiness of being a person among other people. Choi continues to astound and Pool House is a wonder’

Bryan Washington, author of Memorial