{"product_id":"long-island-girls","title":"Long Island Girls","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A breathtaking and entirely relatable coming-of-age novel... For lovers of music, romance, and perhaps some indie sleaze, this is a time capsule for first love.\" --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar, \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Books of 2026 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As much about friendship, self-knowledge, and coming of age as it is about young love. (Fellow millennials: you will also absolutely eat up the nostalgia factor in this one.)\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e, Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2026 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Korn channels the angst of the early 2000s indie music scene in this effective appeal to millennial nostalgia... Tender... a clear-eyed gaze into the messiness of youth.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unflinching... Perfectly depicting every era of the 2000s and what it was like to come of age on the internet, this tenderly angsty novel is a delightful ode to the queer millennial experience.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An exploration of how first loves can imprint and the long shadow they cast.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"More than a nos-tal-gic romp, more than a \n\u003ci\u003ebil-dungsro-man\u003c\/i\u003e...in all the ways that mat-ter, this is a nov-el about friend-ship: its mean-ing, its chal-lenges, its endurance.\" --Jewish Book Council \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Achingly emotional, Gabrielle Korn's \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is an electric story of first love and the people we can't forget no matter how hard we try. Full of longing, lust, and nostalgia, this is a knock-out!\" --Carley Fortune, #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eEvery Summer After\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eOne Golden Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A captivating, sprawling, queer coming-of-age story--a nostalgic mixtape that begins in the early aughts and ends in post-COVID Los Angeles. I read it in one sitting, cued up a 2006 playlist, and tried not to text the girl who got away. It's like a queer \n\u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/i\u003e for anyone who's ever powered on an old phone to relive their first love.\" --Tegan Quin, bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eHigh School\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A dizzying triumph of queer millennial nostalgia complete with sapphic longing, the rise and fall of the early aughts indie music scene, and the closeted-suburban-girl to disaster-Brooklyn-lesbian pipeline. A heart-caught-in-your-throat-book told through a kaleidoscope of the captivating cringe of early 2000's culture, propelling us through time until we arrive breathless to the here and now.\" --Haley Jakobson, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice Author of \n\u003ci\u003eOld Enough\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eIf \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e were a band, I'd be telling everyone, 'You have to check out this artist.' An engrossing, funny, and tender story about music, connection, and finding yourself. This book made me want to dig up my old iPod and find something to yearn about.\" --Emily Austin, bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eEveryone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A pitch-perfect queer coming of age story...a tender ode to the aughts and ever-evolving self discovery.\" --Iman Hariri-Kia, author of \n\u003ci\u003eA Hundred Other Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brimming with nostalgia and yearning, and funny to boot, \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicious read....A love letter to growing up and becoming yourself, and all the messy, painful, and beautiful mistakes along the way.\" --Ilana Masad, author of \n\u003ci\u003eAll My Mother's Lovers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Deftly uses time, place, and romantic obsession to tell an eminently relatable story... \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e brings any reader along for an intimate journey.\" --Cameron Esposito, national bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eSave Yourself \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This richly textured lesbian yearnmance has everything: hot sex, cathartic self-excavation, and a three-legged dog named Cashew. \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls \u003c\/i\u003eis the perfect soundtrack for reliving the many selves you've been and celebrating those you have yet to become.\" --Ruth Madievsky, national bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eAll-Night Pharmacy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I loved this book and will never shut up about it. A seamless fusion of love story, coming-of-age, and cultural ethnography, \n\u003ci\u003eLong Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be Millennial canon.\" --Holly Brickley, author of \n\u003ci\u003eDeep Cuts\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGabrielle Korn is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eYours for the Taking\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Shutouts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eEverybody (Else) Is Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, and the former editor in chief of Nylon. Her writing has been published across the internet since 2011, with bylines in \n\u003ci\u003eElle, McSweeney's, The Millions, Literary Hub, InStyle, Domino, Oprah Daily, Refinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Originally from New York, she now lives in Los Angeles with her wife, and together they run the Pink Door artist and writer residency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharply observed, deeply nostalgic coming-of-age story set against the indie music scene of the early 2000s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2005, and Susan is barreling down the Long Island Expressway driving a car full of friends to an indie rock show. Eliza is a surprise addition in the backseat--unexpected, out of place, and impossible to ignore. Their connection is immediate, electric, and complicated from the start, shadowed by the kind of small-town rumors that have a way of sticking. As quickly as they come together, they part. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Susan moves from Long Island to Brooklyn, from college to the insular world of indie labels, she begins to carve out a life in music, and the future she always dreamed of. Yet the scene that once felt like home reveals its limits, forcing her to confront who gets to belong, who gets to create, and what it costs to stay. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Susan and Eliza reconnect years later, the pull between them hasn't faded--but neither have the unresolved histories that first drove them apart. As past and present collide, Susan is caught between two worlds--where she's from, and where she's trying to go. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between the raw intensity of youth and the clarity of hindsight, \n\u003ci\u003e Long Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e captures the ache of growing up, the messiness and joy of queer identity, and the way music, memory, and desire shape who we become. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250432223, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 62 (EAN 9781250432223, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/06\/2026 (EAN 9781250432223, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKorn, Gabrielle\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGABRIELLE KORN is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eYours for the Taking\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Shutouts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eEverybody (Else) Is Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, and the former editor in chief of Nylon. 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