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Author:

Beagin, Jen, author.

Title:

Pretend I'm dead : a novel / Jen Beagin.

Edition:

First Scribner trade paperback edition.

Publisher:

Scribneran imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

230 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Housekeepers--Fiction.
Drug addicts--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Self-acceptance--Fiction.
Taos (N.M.)--Fiction.
Black humor.
Domestic fiction.

Notes:

"Previously published in 2015 by TriQuarterly Press"--Title page verso. "Features an excerpt from Jen Beagin's novel Vacuum in the Dark"--Back cover.

Contents:

Hole -- Yoko and Yoko -- Henry and Zoe -- Betty -- Acknowledgements.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781501194429
1501194429

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1039362514

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)