"Any young adult questioning their sexuality, or just looking for an adorable love story, will obviously enjoy Imogen, Obviously "
Imogen, world’s most earnest straight ally, goes to visit her friend Lili at her new college, worrying about fitting in with Lili’s new all queer friendship group. When Lili reveals that she had told a silly lie to them, when she first started at the college, that she and Imogen used to date, Imogen is more than happy to play along. But Imogen finds that this new label of bisexual, bestowed upon her as a favour to her friend, leads to some big questioning… especially combined with a growing infatuation with Lili’s boyish, freckle-faced friend Tessa.
This is such a warm, welcoming, tender novel about first love and the nuances of questioning your identity as a young person. It gently and sensitively handles different sides of the arguments around labels, and shows how friends can inadvertently help or hinder that process of coming out. The reader feels incredibly protective of sweet Imogen, who is really trying her best and really doesn’t want to overstep or appropriate queerness, and yet whose fears around this (and the assumptions of her friends) prevent her from validating her own very real feelings for Tessa.
The friendship group feels believable and playful, and the love story between Imogen and Tessa is absolutely adorable. It’s all very, very lovely – obviously.
The sensational new novel from Becky Albertalli, best-selling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda.
Imogen may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. And when she visits her best friend, Lili, at college who is newly-out, newly-graduated, and newly thriving, with a cool new squad of queer college friends, no one knows that Imogen’s a raging hetero – not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa.
Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with…
With an irresistible cast of characters, hugely funny and empathetic writing, and all of Becky Albertalli's trademark warmth and wit, Imogen, Obviously beautifully explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship – perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Adam Silvera.
Imogen, Obviously features in the following genres: Romance / Relationship Stories, Young Adult Fiction, Feel-Good Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality and inclusion, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups), Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Sharing Diverse Voices
Imogen, Obviously is available in Paperback, Book
Imogen, Obviously was written by Becky Albertalli and published by HarperCollins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Imogen, Obviously has 416 pages
£8.09
