Love is awkward, as fans of Rainbow Rowell and E.
Love and Other Perishable Items is her first novel.. "A sweet and scathingly funny Love story." --Kirkus, Starred Review About the Author: A life-long resident of Sydney Australia, LAURA Buzo is a social worker and mOther to a young daughter.
But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together? Through a year of befuddling firsts--first love, first job, first party, and first hangover--debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.
As time goes on, Amelia\'s crush doesn\'t seem so one-sided anymore.
Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up.
So she plays it cool around Chris--at least, as cool as she can.
She knows it\'s not gonna happen.
Amelia isn\'t stupid.
It\'s problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.
Head over heels infatuated with him.
Sunk.
Lost.
What else would you want in a book?" --Melina Marchetta, Printz Award-winning author From the moment Amelia sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner.
And it made me laugh. "Smart, honest and full of achingly real characters.
Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, this grocery store romance was a Morris Award Finalist for Best YA debut.
Lockhart well know.
Love is awkward, as fans of Rainbow Rowell and E
