It's Not You, It's Me
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Funny and touching—this is a heartfelt breakup story.
Zoe loves Henry.
Henry dumps Zoe.
Zoe wants Henry back—at any cost.
Zoe’s two best friends come up with a plan to help Zoe get what she thinks she wants. The plan: make Henry jealous.
But the plan takes a surprising turn. . . .
Spanning thirty-one days in the cycle of a breakup, Kerry Cohen Hoffmann’s humorous and poignant novel depicts a girl whose single-minded focus on her ex-boyfriend has pulled her far from the person she most needs to win back—herself.
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With doses of humor, Hoffmann (The Good Girl) lightens this story of heartbreak and obsession, which follows the first 31 days of teenage Zo 's breakup with Henry, her musician boyfriend of six months. On day one, Zo suspects she is about to be dumped, and on day two, her inkling is confirmed. But Zo vows to "fight to get him back." From sneaking into Henry's house with the excuse of retrieving some fungus cream to upstaging a singing performance by a girl she thinks Henry likes, Zo 's attempts to win back what she's lost are as (mortifyingly) funny as they are futile. Hoffmann has created a well-developed supporting cast: Zo 's mother, who shares some of her daughter's obsessive tendencies; nerdy Sam, who has nursed a crush on Zo ; and Zo 's loyal but concerned buddies, Julia and Shannon, who believe she has "crossed over into psycho" and who help her realize that she, like her ex, needs to move on. Despite offering moments of levity, Hoffmann gives plenty of weight and attention to Zo 's darker feelings her broad spectrum of emotions and gradual recovery ring true. Ages 12 up.
