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Penguin Books⚠️ Readers are RAVING about MIDDLE SPOON ⚠️ 🥄 "A rollicking delight!" —Ada Calhoun, author of Crush 🥄 "Obsessive, explosive, heartbreaking, funny, and brilliant." —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less 🥄 "The new novel of the age of chaos." —Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show 🥄 “What a beautiful, timely novel." —Jacqueline Woodson, NYT bestselling author 🥄 "Fiercely funny, intelligent, unhinged, and humane." —Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk Coming September 9th from National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela, MIDDLE SPOON is for anyone who has longed, nursed a broken heart, or grappled with love at its messiest. With a big heart and just the right dose of the anxieties that define the modern era, MIDDLE SPOON skewers the unspoken rules we still live by—from taboos around intimacy to the shortcomings of Oscar season, pop culture, and gluten-free food—offering a surprising perspective on love, loss, and reinvention. #booktok #literaryfiction #litfic #alejandrovarela
On the profile · Jul 30, 2025