Pretend I'm Dead: A Novel

ISBN: 1501194429

Author: Beagin, Jen

Condition: New

NAMED A BEST BOOK of the YEAR by O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, REFINERY 29, and KIRKUS REVIEWSSHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZEThe wondrous (O, The Oprah Magazine), scathingly funny (Entertainment Weekly) debut from Whiting Award winner and author of Big Swiss Jen Beagin about a cleaning lady named Mona and her quest for self-acceptance.Jen Beagins funny, moving, fearless debut novel introduces an unforgettable character, Mona-almost twenty-four, emotionally adrift, and cleaning houses to get by. She falls for a man she calls Mr. Disgusting, who proceeds to break her heart in unimaginable ways.In search of healing, she decamps to Taos, New Mexico, for a fresh start, where she finds a community of cast-offs, all of whom have something 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 be psychic. But always lurking just beneath the surface are her memories of growing up in a chaotic, destructive family from which shes trying to disentangle herself, and the larger legacy of the past.The story of Monas quest for belonging in this world is at once hilarious and wonderfully strange, true to life and boldly human, and introduces a stunning, one-of-a-kind new voice in American fiction.