Passable in Pink

in Pink is the latest book from best-selling author Mike Sacks (And Heres the Kicker Poking a Dead Frog Stinker Lets Loose).Passable in Pink deftly sends up the 1980s and John Hughes movies while addressing the vital question: Will Addy Stevenson go to the senior prom?Addy is suffering through her sophomore year at suburban Chicagos Northridge High. She lives on the wrong side of the lake with her father a struggling advertising copywriter (Where the hell is the goddamn beef?) and her ever-boozy mom (Get me another drink baby and really make it sing.). Addys younger brother Spaz her soon-to-marry older sister Princess and a visiting international transfer student add to the mix.Her world is turned upside down when she meets Roland McDough the most beautiful Richie boy at Northridge High. Is he actually interested in Addy or is he just playing a game?Are you ready to jump back into the cool neon-glazed high-topped reality of the 1980s? Do you miss those kick-ass tubular synth-rockin sounds and delicious phantasma-gaseous smells? When was the last time you put on your Members Only jacket and danced the Safety Dance?A loving send-up of a bygone era this is one book in which Every Breath You Take will remind you of How You Used to Be.