Waiting on Wednesday was hosted by Jill atΒ Breaking the Spine, and spotlights upcoming releases that weβre eagerly anticipating.
Today my pick is Throwback by Mauree Goo, out April 11:Β
Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American girl sent back to the β90s to (reluctantly) help her teenage mom win Homecoming Queen.
Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know whatβs harder? Being the daughter of one. Samantha Kang has never gotten along with her mother, Priscillaβand has never understood her bougie-nightmare, John Hughes high school expectations. After a huge fight between them, Sam is desperate to move forwardβbut instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back.
To her shock, Sam finds herself back in high school . . . in the β90s . . . with a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now this Gen Z girl must try to fit into an analog world. Sheβs got the fashion down, but everything else is baffling. What is βmicroficheβ? Whatβs with the casual racism and misogyny? And why does it feel like Priscilla is someone she could actually be . . . friends with?
Sam’s blast to the past has her finding the right romance in the wrong time while questioning everything she thought she knew about her mom . . . and herself. Will Sam figure out what she needs to do to fix things for her mom so that she can go back to a time she understands? Brimming with heart and humor, Maurene Gooβs time-travel romance asks big questions about what exactly one inherits and loses in the immigrant experience.
I love Maurene Goo’s books, and I love time travel stories, so this is a must-read for me!
What are you waiting on this week?