‘Maybe I’ve been waiting my whole life for a novel about a Korean sushi chef in Fort Lee, New Jersey? I Leave This to You is funny and tender, with characters whose lives are satisfyingly messy. Jinwoo Chong is a writer for those of us who exist between cultures and identities.’

- Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

‘Exuberant and emotional, hilarious and full of heart, Jinwoo Chong’s I Leave It Up to You is alive and boisterous and entirely profound. Chong’s prose is ambitious and emotional, rendering questions of love, family, queerness, and connection with empathy and delight. I Leave It Up to You is wise and surprising, irresistible and insightful, a riot and a tender exploration of (re)discovering your place in the world.’

Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal

‘I Leave It Up to You is both a remarkable portrait of an American family and a moving examination of what it takes to remake a life … tender, compassionate, and beautifully told.’

Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief

‘By the end of I Leave It Up to You, Jinwoo Chong managed to pull off the impossible: he made me fall in love with New Jersey. His prose is funny, exuberant, and moving, and his characters are packed full of life in all of its spectacular dysfunction. This is a novel that’s as much about coming home as it is about rediscovering what home can be. It’s a story about all the messy permutations of love, and queerness, and family, and sushi, told with tremendous heart.’

Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding

‘Prepare to be utterly charmed — Jinwoo Chong’s I Leave It Up To You is a spirited and deeply affecting story about love in all its forms, the chaos and complications of family, and how to pick yourself back up in the wake of loss. As pleasurable as a good conversation over an excellent meal … a joyous and poignant tale that bubbles over with humour, heart, and heat.’

Gina Chung, author of Sea Change