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Mona is a thirty‑something housekeeper who cleans houses to earn a living, striving to carve out a space for herself while dealing with the emotional wounds of a tumultuous family background. She increases her risk by handing out clean needles to drug addicts, and finds herself falling for one recipient. Their relationship pushes her to confront painful truths and catalyzes her journey toward emotional stability and self‑acceptance.
The book explores the complex interplay of grief, love, and resilience, offering a psychologically acute and surprisingly tender portrait of a woman fighting to emerge from the shadow of her past.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Jen Beagin
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