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Michelle Quach

    Michelle Quach creëert verhalen die duiken in de complexiteit van relaties en morele ambiguïteiten, vaak door middel van vertederend gebrekkige personages. Haar schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door geestige observaties en een scherp begrip van de menselijke natuur, wat lezers een verfrissende en boeiende ervaring biedt. Quach verkent thema's die resoneren met hedendaags publiek, terwijl ze een onderscheidende auteurstem behoudt. Haar verhalen nodigen uit tot reflectie en bieden een onderhoudende kijk op liefde en leven.

    The Boy You Always Wanted
    Not Here to Be Liked
    • Not Here to Be Liked

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated new love can get…when you fall for your enemy. Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len—who is tall, handsome, and male—just seems more like a leader. When Eliza’s frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe she’s a gender equality champion and others who think she’s simply crying misogyny. Amid this growing tension, the school asks Eliza and Len to work side by side to demonstrate civility. But as they get to know one another, Eliza feels increasingly trapped by a horrifying realization—she just might be falling for the face of the patriarchy himself.

      Not Here to Be Liked
      3,7
    • The Boy You Always Wanted

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Love blossoms in the unlikeliest of places when Francine persuades her secret crush Ollie to befriend her ageing grandfather. "Totally in love with this novel." Loan Le, author of A Pho Love StoryA girl, a boy, a grandfather and a plan. The girl: Francine. Model teenager, dutiful granddaughter, absolutely no chill.The grandfather: Francine's beloved a gung. He has one final wish, a male heir to carry on the family traditions. It's an outdated idea, but Francine loves him, and she has a plan to bring him the boy he always wanted. The boy: Ollie. Family friend, former crush, no idea how Francine has convinced him to get mixed up in her off-the-wall, and totally sexist, honorary grandson plan.The plan: might work. But as Ollie and Francine's worlds collide, their secrets get tangled, and so do their feelings. Sometimes what you really want, isn't at all what you expected.

      The Boy You Always Wanted
      3,5