Publication Date: April 16, 2024
“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.
Sara Chae has created a messaging app triggered by a user’s death, allowing them to communicate without retribution. The only problem is a rather significant glitch that sends Sara’s drunken communications to recipients when the app detects
Author Suzanne Park serves up a humorous rom-com in One Last Word. Sara, caught up in a depressive funk after rage-quitting her job, is living in her young sister’s tiny apartment. She bets it all on a competition for venture capitalists using her app as an entry.
Her life takes an unexpected twist when she is paired with a familiar face as a mentor. Not only is Harry her high school crush, but he also received one of Sara’s drunken letters.
To move forward, Sara takes hold of her life and finally confronts her problems, including her über critical parents. Sara’s wry sense of humor delivers plenty of memorable one-liners.
One Last Word provides an engaging look into what happens when you embrace the life you want with all of the ensuing chaos.
Suzanne graduated from Columbia University and received an MBA from UCLA. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, female offspring, and a sneaky rat that creeps around on her back patio. In her spare time, she procrastinates.
