Big Swiss

“cross your arms and try to stifle snorts as you trauma bond with this therapy-skewering, hudson valley roast fest.”

“I also second the recs for Melissa Broder’s novels and Skippy Dies. Love to lol”

“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.”

“Better than “All Fours.” I said what I said.”

“I’ve thought about this book at least once a day since I read it 2 months ago …”

“the narrator is a transcriptionist, and the recordings are voiced by actors-- you hear what the narrator hears”

“Funny, strange, sexy. Also! Historical Fiction Matrix by Lauren Groff (medieval nuns building a feminist utopia) Who is Vera Kelly? (1960s NYC and Argentina, spy stuff) Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistlestop Cafe (1930s South) Fantasy Now, Conjurers (fun 90s The Craft style horror with a queer teen coven - not too scary and pretty clever) Classics for a Reason Why Be Happy, When You could be Normal or Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (memoir, so good) Giovanni’s Room (male protagonist) Cassandra at The Wedding by Dorothy Baker”

“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.”

“Window shopping and seriously one of fav reads last year .”

“really really good if you have a fucked up sense of humor! Hilarious, I made everybody read this for a year”

“A lot of these books will be about crazy women”