Pool House

A hilarious, biting and unexpectedly moving novel about a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship as they try to keep up appearances whilst living in the pool house of the home they can no longer afford

A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story

It's time we recognize Mary H.K. Choi as an auteur

Choi's prose is unflinching, dynamic, effervescent and expansive - Pool House is a magnum opus and a vibe. With delight and melancholy, Choi stretches questions of care, family and becoming to their outer limits - the novel is a gem of honesty and clarity amidst the messiness of being a person among other people. Choi continues to astound and Pool House is a wonder

Smart and stylish, Pool House is a fast-moving story of grief, fame and the mess and meaning of family, told with Choi's trademark wit and insight

Mary H.K. Choi's Pool House is a deep full-bodied dive into joy. Her clarity, precision and deep understanding of the bond between mothers and daughters will leave you underlining whole paragraphs with a trembling hand and calling your best friend to read them aloud. What a sparkling, astonishing novel!

Mary H.K. Choi is a New York Times bestselling author whose work has appeared in the Atlantic , the New York Times Magazine , New York, GQ and Elle . Formerly she was the culture correspondent for Vice News on HBO, a columnist at Wired and Allure magazine, a guest columnist for the New York Times Opinion section, as well as the executive producer of an MTV documentary. She has written comics for Marvel and DC. She is currently developing her young adult books for film and TV.