Things Lulu Shapiro's 5,000 Flash followers don't know about her:
• That the video of her with another girl was never supposed to go public.
• That Owen definitely wasn't supposed to break up with her because of it.
• That behind the carefully crafted selfies and scenes Lulu projects onto people's screens, her life feels like a terrible, uncertain mess.
Then Lulu meets Cass. Cass isn't interested in looking at Lulu's life, only in living in it. And The Hotel--a gorgeous space with an intriguing, Old Hollywood history and a trust-fund kid to restore it--seems like the perfect, secret place for them to get to know each other. But just because Lulu has stepped out of the spotlight doesn't mean it'll stop following her every move.
Look is a story about what you present vs. who you are, about real intimacy and manufactured intimacy and the blurring of that line. It's a deceptively glamorous, feminist, emotionally complex, utterly compelling, queer coming-of-age novel about falling in love and taking ownership of your own self--your whole self--in the age of social media.
Advance Praise for Look:
“Witty, sensual, well-observed. Look glows like a secret, abandoned hotel lit only by cell phones on an L.A. night.” —Francesca Lia Block, award-winning author of Weetzie Bat
“Gorgeous. A sprawling look at Los Angeles, love, and the ways a girl can be torn down and put herself back together, one image at a time.” —Robin Benway, National Book Award-winning author of Far From the Tree
“Smart, romantic, and deeply resonant. Lulu and Cass's journey across Los Angeles and deep into the glare of a social media spotlight was everything I hoped for and more.” —Robyn Schneider, bestselling author of The Beginning if Everything
“Look is for this very moment—a complex, empathic examination of identity and relationships in the digital era." —Amy Spalding, bestselling author of The Summer of Jordi Perez