See, we’re fancy, not at all a bodega, never mind that we’re open twenty-four hours a day, are owned by no-nonsense Koreans, and have a deli cat named Gusto.

We even have cake mix with gluten that’s just as expensive because it’s ironic. Gluten-free, sugar-free, dye-free cake for your non-immunized kid’s next birthday? Yep. Are you in the market for organic, non-sulfur-treated goji berries at eighteen bucks a bag? We got you. Plus, we sell every type of rich-people fetish food. In any case, it’s well lit, huge by New York standards, with a battalion of Vitamix blenders right up front-4K worth at least. Says right there on the sign: M&A JUICE BAR DELI ORGANIC GROCERY CORP. I don’t care what any of the assholes I live with tell you. Which, of course, is when things get properly complicated. But as they discover who they are, who they want to be, and how to defy the deafening expectations of everyone else, Lee and Pab turn to each other. at the bodega in the dead of winter it’s absurd to think they’d be A Thing. She graduated from child stardom to become an international icon, and her adult life is a queasy blur of private planes, step-and-repeats, aspirational hotel rooms, and strangers screaming for her just to notice them. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. Never mind the state of his student loans. Plus, he’s up to his eyeballs in credit card debt. His graveyard shift at a twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn is a struggle. On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. “A compelling and quirky tale of love and negotiating early adulthood in New York City.” - School Library Journalįrom the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, which Rainbow Rowell called “smart and funny,” comes a “captivating” ( The New York Times) romance about how social media influences relationships every day. “Smart and funny…warm and rewarding.” - Booklist (starred review)

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