{"product_id":"9781250781796","title":"Sloppy Firsts : A Jessica Darling Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSloppy Firsts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Megan McCafferty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the beloved, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling series - now with a new foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Rebecca Serle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJessica Darling is devastated when her best friend moves away from Pineville, New Jersey. With Hope gone, Jessica has no one she can really talk to. She doesn’t relate to the boy-and-shopping obsessed girls at school, or her dad’s obsession with track meets, and her mom is too busy planning big sister Bethany’s lavish wedding. Jessica is lost more than ever, and her nonexistent love life is only making things worse.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh, funny, and utterly compelling, readers fell in love with Jessica Darling’s poignant, hilarious voice and have stayed with her through her ups and downs (and her mixed-up feelings about her first love, Marcus Flutie). A modern classic, readers will be excited to return to Pineville, New Jersey and Jessica Darling’s world with \u003ci\u003eSloppy Firsts\u003c\/i\u003e. Now with a foreword from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Rebecca Serle and a new author's note from Megan McCafferty!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Jessica Darling series: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alongside Meg Cabot’s novels and the \u003ci\u003eGossip Girl \u003c\/i\u003eseries, I can’t think of a series more formative to the turn of the millennium YA!\" —\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smart, tentative, and funny, Jessica is a likable and wry observer of the competitive, gossipy high-school world.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eSecond Helpings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jessica's an original, but her problems are universal, and McCafferty is formidably adept at channeling her self-deprecating, wise-guy voice. If you don't see yourself in Jessica Darling, you're not looking hard enough.\" - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jessica is a captivating, intelligent, acidly funny-but always believably adolescent-narrator who is unsparing in her sketches of Pineville High 'society' yet touchingly alive to her own vulnerabilities.\"\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McCafferty looks at travails with humor as well as heart.” \u003ci\u003e—People \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eSecond Helpings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker.” \u003ci\u003e—Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Megan McCafferty rocks! Her sharp wit and keen satirical eye make her books automatic must-reads.” —Meg Cabot, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Princess Diaries series and \u003ci\u003eSize 12 Is Not Fat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Such a sharp, funny, poignant heroine, with an inner world we can all relate to. I love it.” —Sophie Kinsella, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling Shopaholic series on \u003ci\u003eSloppy Firsts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Megan McCafferty puts Jessica Darling through college in \u003ci\u003eCharmed Thirds\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the process turns her from a tart-tongued New Jersey high school philosopher into a heart-wrenching representation of all things uncertain. If she’s not careful, she might end up with a heroine for our times.” —Ned Vizzini, author of \u003ci\u003eBe More Chill \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt’s Kind of a Funny Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCharmed Thirds\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, biting, and altogether true accounting of a girl’s journey to young womanhood, complete with all of the cringe-inducing, hilarious moments of love, shame, and uncertainty that readers will remember from their own lives.” —Jennifer Weiner, author of \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250781796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Wednesday Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40819058442446,"sku":"9781250781796","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e95092ce-1b36-49cd-b42d-7274661916bc.jpg?v=1642922049","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250781796","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}