Publishers Weekly has a starred review, calling it "a sharp and superb novel" that "pulls no punches-this novel is viciously smart and morbidly funny." Big Swiss (2023) īig Swiss is about a woman who transcribes sex therapy sessions and how she falls for a client Flavia, the titular "Big Swiss". Vacuum in the Dark, a sequel to Pretend I’m Dead, received a starred Kirkus review and was named a best book for February 2019 by Oprah Magazine. The novel was reissued as a hardcover in 2018 by Simon & Schuster. The popular website Emily Books gave an early positive review of the book, the first edition of which was published by Northwestern University Press in 2015. Pretend I’m Dead was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction’s 2018 First Novel Prize.
Pretend I’m Dead, her first novel, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews which also noted it among the Best Fiction of 2018. This inspired the character of Mona, who is the housecleaner protagonist of her first two books. Professional life Īmong other jobs, Beagin was a long time housecleaner. She earned an MFA in Writing from the University of California, Irvine. She returned to college in her mid-30s, and attended the University of Massachusetts Boston. Life and career Early life and education īeagin grew up in Torrance, California, and moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, in her youth. Although Big Swiss is unaware of Greta’s true identity, Greta has never been more herself with anyone.Jen Beagin is an American novelist and writer. In a panic, she introduces herself with a fake name and they quickly become enmeshed. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice at the dog park. They both have dark histories, but Big Swiss chooses to remain unattached to her suffering while Greta continues to be tortured by her past. Greta is fascinated by Big Swiss’s refreshing attitude toward trauma. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss, since she’s tall, stoic, and originally from Switzerland. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om.
The house, built in 1737, is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees.
Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York.
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