Julia Song Is Undateable by Susan Lee

In her adult debut, Susan Lee delivers a hilarious rom com with surprising emotional heft about a Korean American woman who reluctantly agrees to let her grandmother set her up on three dates and the man who becomes her dating coach for fans of Abby Jiminez, Yulin Kuang, and Lily Chu.

Julia Song, CEO of Starlight Cosmetics, is at the height of her career. Oprah has just chosen one of Starlight's products as one of her "Favorite things" and everything is about to explode in the best possible way. So why is she standing in her parents' house, feeling like a total failure? Oh that's right...because she's thirty and unmarried and, in her Korean American community, that's completely unacceptable. Julia can brush it off. After all she's happy with her life and proud of her career. But when her beloved grandmother pulls her aside and reveals that she isn't well and that her dying wish is to see Julia get married, Julia can't help but cave. So she's makes them a deal: she'll agree to being set up on three--and only three--dates of her family's choosing and in return her family vows to leave her alone from now on about her personal life. But she never expected they'd call in the big guns...

Tae knows a thing or two about the weight of family expectation. His older brother is the "successful one", a finance bro with plenty of money and even more connections. Tae is currently living in his parents' basement after leaving his "meh" life in Chicago behind to come home to care for his ill father. Sure, Tae is the Korean community's carpenter and fix-it man and everyone loves him, but he knows his parents want more for him and he's keenly aware that the clock is ticking for him to get his life together. So when he sees Julia Song, the Julia Song--his babysitter and forever childhood crush--crying, he will do anything to help...even help her prepare for these three dates. She doesn't realize how amazing she is and he's happy to tell her and give her pointers from his unique vantage point. But the more time they spend together and the closer they get, the more aware he is that he's nowhere near good enough for Julia in their world...

Exploring the delicate line between unwavering familial love and well-meaning--but claustrophic--meddling, Susan Lee's adult debut is a beautiful look at the lengths we'll go to for the people we love, the ways we limit ourselves, the sometimes suffocating weight of love, and the joy of human connection.