A Taos house cleaner navigates messy clients, a married lover, and buried trauma in a darkly comic novel of self-discovery.
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A Taos house cleaner navigates messy clients, a married lover, and buried trauma in a darkly comic novel of self-discovery.
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From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead and one of the most exhilarating new voices in fiction, a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a-kind novel about a cleaning lady named Mona and her struggles to move forward in life.Mona is twenty-six and cleans houses for a living in Taos, New Mexico. She moved there mostly because of a bad boyfriend--a junkie named Mr. Disgusting, long story--and her efforts to restart her life since haven't exactly gone as planned. For one thing,...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Explicit on-page sex, often twisted; past rape recounted in detail
Violence & gore
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Mild physical peril tied to past assaults; no graphic combat or gore
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity; brash, crude narration and dialogue
Substance use
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Addiction themes: junkie ex, painkillers, parents as drug addicts
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Not present
Occult / demonology
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Not present
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation and self-harm themes tied to trauma
Abuse & suffering
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Childhood trauma; multiple sexual assaults; incest-survivor character
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