I Miss You, I Hate This

Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales are two high school seniors with different lives, but they have an us versus the world mentality. When a global pandemic forces everyone into lockdown, their friendship is tested, and they discover new dreams, face insecurities, and confront their greatest fears.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 11 October 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

The lives of high school seniors Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales couldn't be more different. Parisa, an earnest and privileged Iranian American, struggles to live up to her own impossible standards. Gabriela, a cynical Mexican American, has all the confidence Parisa lacks but none of the financial stability. She can't help but envy Parisa's posh lifestyle whenever she hears her two moms argue about money. Despite their differences, as soon as they met on the first day of freshman year, they had an "us versus the world" mentality. Whatever the future had in store for them—the pressure to get good grades, the litany of family dramas, and the heartbreak of unrequited love—they faced it together. Until a global pandemic forces everyone into lockdown. Suddenly, senior year doesn't look anything like they hoped it would. And as the whole world is tested during this time of crisis, their friendship will be, too. With equal parts humor and heart, Parisa's and Gabriela's stories unfold in a mix of prose, text messages, and emails as they discover new dreams, face insecurities, and confront their greatest fears.

The lives of high school seniors Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales couldn't be more different.

Parisa, an earnest and privileged Iranian American, struggles to live up to her own impossible standards.

Gabriela, a cynical Mexican American, has all the confidence Parisa lacks but none of the financial stability.

She can't help but envy Parisa's posh lifestyle whenever she hears her two moms argue about money.

Despite their differences, as soon as they met on the first day of freshman year, they had an "us versus the world" mentality.

Whatever the future had in store for them—the pressure to get good grades, the litany of family dramas, and the heartbreak of unrequited love—they faced it together.

Until a global pandemic forces everyone into lockdown.

Suddenly, senior year doesn't look anything like they hoped it would.

And as the whole world is tested during this time of crisis, their friendship will be, too.

With equal parts humor and heart, Parisa's and Gabriela's stories unfold in a mix of prose, text messages, and emails as they discover new dreams, face insecurities, and confront their greatest fears.

Weight: 462g
Dimension: 149 x 216 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780316629829