Jen Beagin
Big Swiss
A humorous and provocative novel by Jen Beagin
9 people recommend this
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danFirst to rec“cross your arms and try to stifle snorts as you trauma bond with this therapy-skewering, hudson valley roast fest.”
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Katie“I also second the recs for Melissa Broder’s novels and Skippy Dies. Love to lol”
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Phoebe Ward“One thing about me is that I love a voicey orphan novel; Big Swiss takes it to another level. Big Swiss is about a woman who transcribes therapy sessions who ends up becoming infatuated with one of the patients, who she calls Big Swiss. Every detail is strange and laugh-out-loud funny; the main character has a dog named Piñon, lives in a bee-infested house with her roommate who "seems French, but is not French," and works for a white therapist named Om. I was reading it at work during down time and it was dangerous because I kept choking on stifled laughter.”
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Amber O“Better than “All Fours.” I said what I said.”
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Bowie Finn“I’ve thought about this book at least once a day since I read it 2 months ago …”
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Gab“the narrator is a transcriptionist, and the recordings are voiced by actors-- you hear what the narrator hears”
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Leslie Ylinen“A transcriptionist becomes sexually obsessed with another woman after listening to her therapy sessions. Bad behavior all around but written with a charming, funny warmth.”
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Kristen Case“Window shopping and seriously one of fav reads last year .”
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Grace Lovejoy“A lot of these books will be about crazy women”
