Symptoms of a Heartbreak

✍ Scribed by Sona Charaipotra

• Publisher: Imprint
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 411 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 1250199107

✦ Synopsis

"A smart, tender and thoughtful exploration of loving in the face of heartbreaking circumstances."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Everything Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star"Saira’s antics as a female, Indian American Doogie Howser kept me glued to the edge of my seat from the first page to the last. Symptoms of a Heartbreak is the summer rom-com to add to your list!"—Sandhya Menon, New York Times–bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds—and falls head over heels—in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak. Fresh from med school, sixteen-year-old medical prodigy Saira arrives for her first day at her new job: treating children with cancer. She’s always had to balance family and friendships with her celebrity as the Girl Genius—but she’s never had to prove herself to skeptical adult co-workers while adjusting to real life-and-death stakes. And working in the same hospital as her mother certainly isn’t making things any easier.But life gets complicated when Saira finds herself falling in love with a patient: a cute teen boy who’s been diagnosed with cancer. And when she risks her brand new career to try to improve his chances, it could cost her everything.It turns out “heartbreak” is the one thing she still doesn’t know how to treat. In her solo debut, Sona Charaipotra brings us a compelling #ownvoices protagonist who’s not afraid to chase what she wants. Symptoms of a Heartbreak goes from romantic comedy highs to tearjerker lows and is the ultimate cure-all for young adult readers needing an infusion of something heartfelt.An Imprint Book"A tender YA romance set in the thick of the medical world." —Entertainment Weekly"Fans of YA contemporary don't want to miss this one." —Buzzfeed"Doogie Howser, M.D. meets The Fault in Our Stars in this tender romcom." —Teen Vogue

✦ Subjects

Cancer -- Patients