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Palm Trees

The Two Lives of Amelia Waxler

Summer 2026, Dial Press (PRH)

A queer adult romcom about two version of the same woman: the one who kissed her friend Grace from World History in a pantry at a high school party, and one who awkwardly ate pickles instead, featuring:

  • Is it dual POV? Single? Is she one person or two? Cue the spiderman-pointing meme.

  • Two romcoms for the price of one, aka both of them catch the feels for Pantry Girl but now they're 35 and all wear blazers
  • My high school trauma if you squint. A little. You might not need to squint, actually.
  • Returning to your hometown, second chance vibes, except the hometown is Los Angeles so it's mostly traffic jokes
  • Someone(s) is disabled
  • Someone(s) is gay
  • Begrudging adulting
  • Too many effusive sentences about the beach and/or sailboats
  • My real former office at UCLA

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