A LA-based preschool teacher named Phoebe pursues having sex for the first time before her 30th birthday. She works through a month-long to-do list and becomes involved with Jonathan, her impossibly handsome roommate and best friend. She also encounters Finn, a fresh-faced 4th grade teacher at her school, and Matthew, a resurfaced high school crush. The story blends pop-culture references and confessional-style humor tied to the creator’s online persona. Phoebe experiences anxiety around romance and dating, including physical reactions during intimate moments. Writing from Phoebe’s perspective allows deeper openness about mental health while keeping the tone comedic and candid.
"It's mostly a sheer coincidence that four of the figures Brooke Averick holds closest to her heart all happen to share a name: Jonathan. First, there's Jonathan Groff, who starred as Jesse St. James in her all-time favorite show, Glee. There's Jonathan Bailey, who she describes as "the most gorgeous man in the world, possibly," and Jonathan Larson, the creator of one of her favorite musicals, Rent. And then there's her cat."
"In Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It, readers follow the titular Phoebe, an LA-based preschool teacher on her quest to have sex for the first time before her 30th birthday. Working her way through a month-long to-do list, she gets entangled with Jonathan, her impossibly handsome roommate and best friend; Finn, the fresh-faced 4th grade teacher at her school (another Glee reference); and Matthew, a resurfaced high school crush (for Matthew Gray Gubler, one of her favorite actors)."
"Another is talking candidly about her mental health, a theme that also shows up in her novel. Like Averick, Phoebe has anxiety around romance and dating - the kind that involves throwing up on her love interest while attempting her first kiss. And while Averick got her start online sharing various mortifying moments from throughout her life (many involving the expulsion of bodily fluid), writing from the lens of Phoebe allowed her to open up more than ever."
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