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Love and Other Perishable Items

Published
Dec 2012
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General Fiction General Fiction
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256

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Love is awkward, Amelia should know.

From the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.

Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?

Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

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Dec 2013 Knopf ISBN 0307929744
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First Edition Dec 2012 Random House ISBN 0375870008
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Dec 2012 Random House ISBN 037598674X
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Dec 2012 Knopf ISBN B008C87PLO
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Dec 2012 Allen & Unwin (AUS) ISBN 1743439601
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