{"product_id":"big-swiss-9781982153083","title":"Big Swiss","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Elle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the funniest books of the last few years\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she'll do anything to sustain the relationship... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel\" (\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eBig Swiss\u003c\/i\u003e is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more--from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a Whiting Award in fiction. Her first novel \u003ci\u003ePretend I'm Dead \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and \u003ci\u003eVacuum in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBig Swiss\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Hudson, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592326615314,"sku":"9781982153083","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/big-swiss-9781982153083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}