Emergency Contact (novel)

Emergency Contact is a 2018 young adult novel by Mary H.K. Choi. It is her debut novel and was published on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.[3][4][5][6] Emergency Contact is a love story conducted primarily by text message, with Penny, a Korean-American freshman at the University of Texas at Austin,[7] giving Sam her number after she happens to be passing by as Sam has his first panic attack.[8]

Emergency Contact
First edition cover
AuthorMary H.K. Choi
Audio read byJoy Osmanski[1]
Jacques Roy[1]
Cover artistohgigue (illustration)[2]
Lizzy Bromley (design)[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult novel
Set inAustin, Texas, U.S.
PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
March 27, 2018[3]
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages400[3]
ISBN978-1-5344-0896-8 (hardcover)[3]
[Fic]
LC ClassPZ7.1.C5316 Eme 2018

Background

Choi described the novel as partly inspired by Judy Blume's novel Forever..., because Blume had "said she just wanted to write a story about 'two people who have sex but then nothing terrible happens'...I love that," Choi told The New York Times.[9]

Publication

On October 4, 2017, an excerpt of the novel was published through Entertainment Weekly.[10] Emergency Contact was published in hardcover on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.[3] A paperback edition was published on April 9, 2019 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.[11]

The novel debuted at number nine on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-sellers list on April 22, 2018.[12] It peaked at number eight on the list on May 6, 2018.[13] It spent four weeks on the list.[14]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel's character development as well as its "absence of emotional depth or well-crafted prose."[7]

Publishers Weekly praised Choi's "sharp wit and skillful character development."[15]

Writing for Entertainment Weekly, David Canfield wrote that the novel "vividly realizes Korean-American culture and explores microaggressions on a sharply recognizable level" and wrote that the young adult "frame doesn't push the more challenging material to the margins, but rather renders it naturalistically potent."[16]

References
  1. "Emergency Contact Audiobook by Mary H. K. Choi, read by Joy Osmanski and Jacques Roy". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. "Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. Tiffany, Kaitlyn (February 28, 2018). "Emergency Contact is a dreamy YA love story told through texts". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. Franklin, MJ (March 27, 2018). "'Emergency Contact' is a YA novel about falling in love in the age of texting". Mashable. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  5. Paxson, Caitlyn (March 29, 2018). "Stumbling (And Texting) Toward Love In 'Emergency Contact'". NPR. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. "Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi". Kirkus Reviews. January 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  7. Beck, Julie (March 27, 2018). "How to Fall in Love Over Text". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  8. Ma, Tracy; Nikas, Joanna (2018-04-03). "Mary H.K. Choi Wanted to Write a Book in Which 'High-Key Nothing Happens'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  9. Canfield, David (October 4, 2017). "Vice reporter Mary H.K. Choi previews debut novel Emergency Contact — see an exclusive excerpt and cover". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  10. "Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  11. "Young Adult Hardcover - Best Sellers". The New York Times. April 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  12. "Young Adult Hardcover - Best Sellers". The New York Times. May 6, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  13. "Young Adult Hardcover - Best Sellers". The New York Times. May 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  14. "Children's Book Review: Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi". Publishers Weekly. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  15. Canfield, David (April 9, 2018). "Why the new wave of East Asian authors is targeting YA". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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