The Breakup Lists
The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram is a young adult romantic comedy published by Penguin on April 2, 2024. This 336-page novel explores the complexities of love and relationships through the eyes of Jackson Ghasnavi, a high school stage manager who prefers to stay behind the scenes. Jackson navigates his life with a sense of humor, crafting breakup lists for his sister Jasmine while grappling with his own feelings and the impact of his parents’ divorce.
In this sharply funny narrative, readers will find a story that delves into themes of romance, identity, and the challenges of adolescence. As Jackson encounters Liam, the senior swim captain who captures both his and Jasmine’s attention, he must confront his own assumptions about love and attraction. The book presents a multicultural and LGBTQ perspective, highlighting the intricacies of young love and the often messy realities of high school relationships.
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Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny new romantic comedy, set in the sordid world of high school theater
Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of things—a techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-maker—but one thing he’s not is a romantic. And why would he be? He’s already had a front row seat to his parents’ divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasmine’s broken heart one too many times.
No, Jackson is perfectly happy living life behind the scenes—he is a stage manager, after all—and keeping his romantic exploits limited to the breakup lists he makes for Jasmine, which chronicle every flaw (real or imagined) of her various and sundry exes.
Enter Liam: the senior swim captain turned leading man that neither of the Ghasnavi siblings stop thinking about. Not that Jackson has a crush, of course. Jasmine is already setting her sights on him and he’s probably—no, definitely—straight anyway.
So why does the idea of eventually writing a breakup list for him feel so impossible?
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