Pizza Girl

By: Jean Kyoung Frazier

Narrated by: Jenna Yi

Perfect for fans of Coco Mellors, R. F. Kuang and Yomi Adegoke, this electrifying debut and TikTok sensation charts the unlikely relationship between a pregnant teenage pizza delivery driver and a stressed-out, middle-aged mum.

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.

©2020 Jean Kyoung Frazier (P)2020 Penguin Random House LLC

Critic reviews

"A sublime ode to obsessive outcasts and lovable screw-ups everywhere, Pizza Girl is irresistible and bold, brutal and sweet, with an ending that will thrash your heart." (Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light)

"Frazier’s characters are raw and her dialogue startlingly observant...will appeal to fans of Halle Butler and Ottessa Moshfegh." (Pubilshers Weekly)

"A simultaneously riotous and heartbreaking coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Halle Butler and Elif Batuman." (Harper’s Bazaar)