Dear Wendy
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao is a novel published by Square Fish on March 4, 2025. This edition spans 368 pages and is presented in English. The story follows two aromantic and asexual college students, Sophie Chi and Joanna “Jo” Ephron, as they navigate friendship, relationships, and their queer identities. Sophie manages a popular Instagram account offering relationship advice while keeping her identity a secret, and Jo finds herself unexpectedly drawn into a rivalry with Sophie’s account, leading to a complex exploration of their lives.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into real issues such as aphobia, anxiety from social media pressures, and the challenges of understanding one’s identity. As Sophie and Jo’s friendship deepens, they confront their shared aroace identity and the implications of their online personas. The book addresses themes relevant to LGBTQ+ literature and young adult fiction, providing insight into the experiences of those who identify outside traditional romantic norms.
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Two aromantic and asexual college students explore friendship, relationships, and queer identities in this bestselling debut described as “The platonic love story of my dreams!” by Alice Oseman, New York Times-bestselling creator of Heartstopper!
Sophie Chi is in her first year of college and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she’ll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she’s behind the incredibly popular “Dear Wendy” account.
When Joanna “Jo” Ephron (also a first-year student and aroace) created their “Sincerely Wanda” account, it wasn’t at all meant to be taken seriously. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Wendy’s account? Oops. As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender identity, whether she’ll ever truly be loved, and the possibility of her few friends finding The One then forgetting about her!
While tensions are rising online, Sophie and Jo grow closer in real life, especially once they realize their shared aroace identity. Will their friendship survive if they learn just who’s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts?
This book is a work of fiction, but it deals with real issues including depictions of aphobia (discrimination against asexual and aromantic individuals), anxiety/stress from negative social media attention, frank discussions of sex and sexuality, and various diaspora feelings.
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