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Pretend I’m Dead

By Jen Beagin

Running away from a dysfunctional past, 26-year old housecleaner Mona escapes to Taos, New Mexico where she spends her days snooping through her clients’ homes and fantasizing about their personal lives. But despite her best efforts to numb herself with a biting wit and endless bad decisions, Mona instead becomes enmeshed in the lives of the people around her - uncovering dark secrets, cosmic truths, and humanity where she least expects it.

Sarah Heywood is adapting for television and Jesse Peretz will direct.

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  • Named Best Book of the Year by Oprah Magazine, Refinery 29, and Kirkus Reviews

  • Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

  • Recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in Fiction

 

“This novel is a joy: truly laugh-out-loud funny, while staying grounded and dignified, even as Mona capsizes again and again“

THE NEW YORK TIMES