Pretend I'm dead
(2018, original release: 2015)
By:
Beagin, Jen
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
FICTION/BEAGIN,J
0 Holds on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2018]
©2015
©2015
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
231 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781501183935, 1501183931, 9781786074294, 178607429X, 9781501183942, 150118394X, 9781501183935
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Previously published in 2015 by TriQuarterly Press
Hole -- Yoko and Yoko -- Henry and Zoe -- Betty -- Acknowledgements
Jen Beagin's funny, moving, fearless debut novel introduces an unforgettable character, Mona--almost 24, cleaning houses to get by, emotionally adrift. Handing out clean needles to drug addicts, she falls for a recipient who proceeds to break her heart in unimaginable ways. Always just under the surface are her memories of growing up in a chaotic, destructive family from which she's trying to disentangle herself. The story of her journey toward a comfortable place in the world and a measure of self-acceptance is psychologically acute, often surprising, and entirely human