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. She’s 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 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.
Bold, tender, and unexpected, Pizza Girl is 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.
- ISBN13 9780008356415
- Publish Date 17 September 2020 (first published 9 June 2020)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 January 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HQ
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk