āOne part Judy Blume, one part Amy Schumer, Gimme Everything You Got is incredibly warm, bracingly frank, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. I didn't want the game to end.ā āKatie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days
It's 1979āthe age of roller skates and feathered bangs, Charlieās Angels and Saturday Night Feverāand Susan Klintock is a junior in high school with a lot of sexual fantasies . . . but not a lot of sexual experience. No boyāat least not any she knowsāhas been worth taking a shot on.
That is, until Bobby McMann arrives.
Bobby is foxy, heās charming . . . and heās also the coach of the brand-new girlsā soccer team. Sure, heās totally, 100 percent, completely off limits. Sure, Susan doesnāt stand a chance. But that doesnāt mean she canāt try out for the team to get closer to him, and Susan Klintock has always liked a challenge.
Between the endless drills and grueling practices, Susan discovers something else: She might actually love soccer. But being a part of the first girlsā team at school means dealing with other challenges.
As friendships shifts, she finds her real passions might lie in places she didnāt expect when the season beganāand that discovering who she is will mean taking risks, both on and off the pitch.
Love. Lust. Soccer. Acclaimed author Iva-Marie Palmer returns with a fresh, funny, feminist coming-of-age comedy about learning to take your shot on the things that truly matter.