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" USA Today bestseller!A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World author Erik J. Brown, perfect for fans of What If It's Us and If This Gets Out. Tommy Dees is in the weeds 8212 restaurant speak for beyond overwhelmed. He's been working as a server at Sunset Estates retirement community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best culinary schools in the world. And to make his application shine, he also needs a letter of recommendation from his sadistic manager. But in exchange for the letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions8212 including training the new hire. What he doesn't expect is for the newbie to be an old crush: Gabe, with the dimples and kind heart, who Tommy fell for during summer camp at age eleven and then never saw again. Unfortunately, Gabe doesn't remember Tommy at all. The training proves distracting as old feelings resurface and the universe seems to be conspiring against them. With the application deadline looming and Gabe on his mind, Tommy is determined to keep it all together8212 but what if life isn't meant to follow a recipe? "
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Biographisches: " Erik J. Brown is the author of All That's Left in the World . Erik was selected as a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow. When not writing genre-blending books for young adults, he enjoys traveling and embarking on the relentless quest of appeasing his Shiba Inu. He lives in Philadelphia with his husband. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: March 15, 2023 Rising senior Tommy questions whether his long-held goals are really what's best for him. After working at Sunset Estates retirement community as a server for nearly three years, Tommy asks Natalie, his manager, for a recommendation to prestigious culinary school La M�re Labont, where he would follow his late father's interrupted dream to become a chef. In her typical sadistic fashion, Natalie sets Tommy three tasks to earn her approval, including training new server Gabe, Tommy's childhood crush. Though Mexican and Venezuelan American Gabe initially doesn't recognize Tommy, who is implied White, the two connect and start flirting. The existence of Gabe's boyfriend and Tommy's occasional, emotionally unavailable, closeted hook-up partner complicate their potential relationship, however. Traumatic homophobic events from Gabe's life occasionally punctuate the otherwise lighthearted yet sympathetic atmosphere,narrated through Tommy's perspective, they represent tonal shifts that are not entirely smoothly integrated. The quips Tommy shares with Gabe as well as best friend and co-worker Ava, who is Black, and Sunset Estates residents and queer elders Al and Willa (both read White) make the short chapters fly past, engrossing readers in the clever repartee without diluting the genuine affection the characters share. An undertone of anxiety grows as college application deadlines approach and Tommy questions what he truly wants in life and what assumptions he's made, grounding this story in reality while maintaining a hopeful outlook. Snappy banter among a vibrant cast makes for a charming read about finding who and what really matters in life. (Fiction. 14-18) COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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