Pretend I'm Dead
A Novel
New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
Jen Beagins 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.
Subjects:
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Drug addicts -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
Taos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Drug addicts -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
Taos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781501183935
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Previously published in 2015 by TriQuarterly Press.