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One Last Word

A Novel

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"With pitch-perfect humor, endearing insights and wonderfully relatable characters, One Last Word is a smart and breezy read about taking hold of the life you want and refusing to let go. An absolute delight." —Allison Winn Scotch, bestselling author of Take Two, Birdie Maxwell

What would you say to your meddling parents, your ex-best friend, your toxic boss, or your high school crush if you didn't have to face the consequences?

Sara Chae is the founder of One Last Word, an app that allows you to send a mes­sage to anyone you want after you pass. Safeguards are in place so the app will only send when you're definitely, absolutely, 100% dead, but when another Sara Chae dies and her obituary is posted online, Sara discovers that drafted messages she had drunkenly uploaded on one night have been released —one each to her emotionally charged mother, to her former best friend who ghosted her, and to her unrequited high school crush, Harry Shim.

Still reeling from this disaster, Sara finds out she's been accepted into a venture capital mentorship program— and that the mentor she's been assigned to is none other than Harry, who's now a major VC superstar. With her life going from uncertain to chaotic overnight, Sara has to deal with the havoc that ensues and reopen wounds from the past to find a true path forward.

A pitch-perfect homage for fans of Annabel Monaghan, Alisha Rai, and Jenny Han, One Last Word is an empowering, laugh-out-loud story about a woman who learns to speak up and fight for what she wants in life and love.

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    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2024

      An app Sara Chae is developing ends up revealing far more than she ever wanted--to friends, family, and her crush, Harry Shim, a venture-capital hotshot. The drunken data download creates havoc (and hilarity) as Sara works to put things right. Korean American Park (The Do-Over) excels at the slow-burn rom-com and earns blurbs from Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood. With a 60K-copy first printing. Prepub Alert.

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    • Kirkus

      March 1, 2024
      When a woman accidentally sends overly honest emails to the people she cares for most, chaos ensues. Putting it bluntly, Sara Chae is exhausted. Though she's overworked and undervalued at her job, she knows she can bring something new and exciting to the tech world. If only her sexist bosses would listen to her pitch for One Last Word, an app that will send out your final messages to the most important people in your life after you die. When Sara doesn't get the support she's hoping for, she decides to take her idea elsewhere, working on the finishing details for One Last Word from her cramped living space in her sister's walk-in closet. One drunken night, she drafts her own messages to the people she hasn't been fully honest with--her parents, her estranged best friend, her biggest crush from high school--and is horrified when the app accidentally sends them out. Now, she has to deal with the fallout that comes from finally speaking the truth to the people who have mattered most throughout her life. The timing couldn't be worse; she's also been accepted into a venture capital mentorship program, and that aforementioned high school crush, Harry Shim, is now the VC bigwig assigned to be her mentor. Not only does Sara have to fine-tune her app to get the necessary funding, but she also has to navigate around Harry, since they're supposed to be working together, not rekindling old feelings. Park has always been good at telling stories about women who find themselves at a nadir in their professional lives, and Sara's struggles in her industry are deeply relatable. Although the book's romantic dilemma could have used a more thorough resolution, there are plenty of laughs as we follow Sara's journey toward achieving her biggest career goals. A fresh, modern story about learning to be honest.

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    • Booklist

      March 15, 2024
      If you died, are there things that you would want to say to that ex-boss you despised, or to that one crush that you never revealed your feelings to? Sara Chae developed an app that lets you do just that--get in one last word after you die. Except, when another Sara Chae happens to die, the app releases Sara's drafted messages. Her meddling parents, her ex-best friend, and her high school crush, Harry Shim, all receive messages that Sara never meant them to see--while she was alive at least. Sara had been developing her app for a venture capitalist mentorship program, and low and behold, her first assigned mentor is none other than Harry. In this smart and breezy read, Sara learns that speaking up and putting herself first actually is more rewarding than holding it all in. Park's (The Do-Over, 2023) fans will enjoy the witty banter between friends and family, the depiction of the struggles of women in the tech world, and of course, the romance between Sara and Harry.

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