Emergency Contact (novel)

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Emergency Contact
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First edition cover
Author Mary H.K. Choi
Audio read by Joy Osmanski [1]
Jacques Roy [1]
Cover artistohgigue (illustration) [2]
Lizzy Bromley (design) [2]
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult novel
Set in Austin, Texas, U.S.
Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
March 27, 2018 [3]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages400 [3]
ISBN 978-1-5344-0896-8 (hardcover) [3]
[Fic]
LC Class PZ7.1.C5316 Eme 2018

Emergency Contact is a 2018 young adult novel by Mary H.K. Choi. It is her debut novel and was published on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] [4] [5] [6] Emergency Contact is a love story conducted primarily by text message, with Penny, a Korean-American freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, [7] giving Sam her number after she happens to be passing by as Sam has his first panic attack. [8]

Contents

Background

Choi described the novel as partly inspired by Judy Blume's novel Forever... , because Blume had "said she just wanted to write a story about 'two people who have sex but then nothing terrible happens'...I love that," Choi told The New York Times. [9]

Publication

On October 4, 2017, an excerpt of the novel was published through Entertainment Weekly . [10] Emergency Contact was published in hardcover on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] A paperback edition was published on April 9, 2019 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. [11]

The novel debuted at number nine on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-sellers list on April 22, 2018. [12] It peaked at number eight on the list on May 6, 2018. [13] It spent four weeks on the list. [14]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel's character development as well as its "absence of emotional depth or well-crafted prose." [7]

Publishers Weekly praised Choi's "sharp wit and skillful character development." [15]

Writing for Entertainment Weekly , David Canfield wrote that the novel "vividly realizes Korean-American culture and explores microaggressions on a sharply recognizable level" and wrote that the young adult "frame doesn't push the more challenging material to the margins, but rather renders it naturalistically potent." [16]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi". Simon & Schuster . Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (February 28, 2018). "Emergency Contact is a dreamy YA love story told through texts". The Verge . Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ Franklin, MJ (March 27, 2018). "'Emergency Contact' is a YA novel about falling in love in the age of texting". Mashable . Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Paxson, Caitlyn (March 29, 2018). "Stumbling (And Texting) Toward Love In 'Emergency Contact'". NPR . Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi". Kirkus Reviews . January 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ Beck, Julie (March 27, 2018). "How to Fall in Love Over Text". The Atlantic . Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ Ma, Tracy; Nikas, Joanna (2018-04-03). "Mary H.K. Choi Wanted to Write a Book in Which 'High-Key Nothing Happens'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  9. ↑ Canfield, David (October 4, 2017). "Vice reporter Mary H.K. Choi previews debut novel Emergency Contact — see an exclusive excerpt and cover". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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