- Drug addicts, Housekeepers, Fiction, Self-acceptance
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.
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jen Beagin
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 220
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications, Scribner, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781508265900
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