Permanent Record is a roller coaster in the best possible way. At first you might be annoyed with Leanna, the pop culture icon-but as you get to know her, you’ll start to feel for her, and inevitably, you’ll be rooting for a relationship with so many odds stacked against it. A pop culture writer herself, Mary drew on her own experiences (I mean come on, she was one of only 140 journalists who got to jet-set with RiRi), and you can absolutely sense that in this story. This book was easily a favorite to read, and the conversation we struck up with Mary just sealed the deal. We cringed as we watched Pablo make countless financial mistakes-but we also silently felt what that meant for his future, because haven’t we all done that at some point? We also deeply related to Pablo’s conflicted feelings on intimacy in the age of social media on the one hand, we’re all connected, but on the other, there’s this element of isolation.
What follows is a story written with so much honesty.
One night while he’s working the graveyard shift, in walks Leanna Smart-a child star with a rabid fan base (think Ariana Grande or Selena Gomez)-and soon, a romance forms. In Permanent Record we meet Pablo, a recent NYU dropout who works at a bodega, just trying to figure out his life. And that’s exactly how we feel about Mary H.K.
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