Pretend Im Dead - Jen Beagin
Category: Humor
Narrator: Candace Thaxton
Tags: Humor, Adults, Contemporary
Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner and one of the freshest voices [] in years - funny, wise, whip-smart, and compassionate (Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins), about a cleaning lady on a quest for self-acceptance after her relationship with a loveable junkie goes awry., Jen Beagins quirky, moving, frank and unflinching (Josh Ferris) debut novel introduces an unforgettable character, Mona - almost 24, emotionally adrift, and cleaning houses to get by. Handing out clean needles to drug addicts, she falls for a recipient she calls Mr. Disgusting, who proceeds to break her heart in unimaginable ways., In search of healing, Mona decamps to Taos, New Mexico, for a fresh start, where she finds a community of seekers and cast-offs, all of whom have one or two things to teach her - the pajama-wearing, blissed-out New Agers, the slightly creepy client with peculiar tastes in controlled substances, the psychic who might really
