Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi – Hardcover

Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi

AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK

From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes her adult fiction debut—a sharp, funny, messy, and moving novel about mothers and daughters, fame, family, grief, and growing up in Hollywood.

Twenty-year-old Stevie desperately wants to escape her mother's orbit.

Her mother, Moon, is a former actress and recovering addict whose glory days in Hollywood are long behind her. After the death of her former TV husband and longtime lover, Moon is left grieving while Stevie struggles with her own desire to finally build a life away from her mother.

Money problems make separating nearly impossible.

Unable to afford their Los Angeles home, Moon and Stevie move into the glass-walled pool house in the backyard and rent out the main house to strangers.

Then Adam arrives.

Once Moon's television stepson—and Stevie's longtime crush—Adam returns for the funeral and is quickly pulled into their complicated lives. Soon, the three find themselves back inside the main house, pretending to be something resembling a perfect family while old resentments, desires, secrets, and relationships begin to unravel.

Set against the glittering but unforgiving backdrop of Hollywood, Pool House is a biting and unexpectedly tender exploration of motherhood, daughterhood, class, fame, sexuality, grief, and what it means to grow up—and grow older.

BOOK DETAILS

Title: Pool House
Author: Mary H.K. Choi
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Date: June 9, 2026
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781250800442
Language: English
Genre: Literary Fiction / Women's Fiction / Family Fiction / Contemporary Fiction

PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE

• Complicated mother-daughter relationships
• Literary fiction
• Women's fiction
• Dysfunctional family stories
• Hollywood settings
• Complex female characters
• Family drama
• Stories about fame and celebrity
• Messy relationships
• Dark humor
• Emotional contemporary fiction
• Book club reads