Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Excuse Me While I Ugly CryExcuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to do list of all her worst fears. Its a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Hans To All the Boys Ive Loved Before and Kristina Forests I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets and leap off the page sexual tension. A hilarious and swoonworthy story. Kristina Forest,

who both intimidates and enthralls her

Along the way

"Deonn expertly weaves together a universe that both shines a light on the pervasive nature of racism and also harnesses the complexity of Black identity within this space

Like Ocean's Eleven meets Drive

and college years in New Jersey and Virginia

Over the next thirty-five years

perfect for fans of Firekeeper's Daughter and Iron Widow

Coloring the African Diaspora

and Momma will make a feast for dinner

And when they imply that her personality (and her body) might be too big to land a man

In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare

Crown Princess of Ziran