Pretend I'm Dead

Author: Jen Beagin

Fiction & related items | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Thriller / suspense | Romance | Social & cultural history | Memory | Trauma & shock | Women's health

Published on 7^th February 2019 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 240 pages
131mm x 199mm x 18mm | 214g

 'It's Mona's ballsy, kickass voice that makes this novel tick. Unreliable, sharply observant and funny, she recounts her journey of self-discovery in a way that is immediate and intriguing.' Daily MailMary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman’s quest for self-acceptance and belongingMona is twenty-three, emotionally adrift and cleaning houses to get by.

While handing out clean needles to drug addicts, 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 New Mexico for a fresh start, but always lurking just beneath the surface are the ghosts of her past, and the crushing legacy of a chaotic, destructive childhood. It seems running further away from her problems could just leave more inventive ways for them to find her.