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"A delightful debut...James is a writer to watch." -- ADAM JOHNSON, National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's SonA darkly funny coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Great Recession that takes the audience on a wild journey through a strange, uncertain modern America. For fans of Chloe Caldwell's I'll Tell You in Person and Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation.Mona Mireles is a quintessential overachiever: a former spelling bee champion and valedictorian of her college class, she has a sterling rsum and a wall of plaques and medals in her bedroom that stretches floor to ceiling. She's also broke, unemployed, back at home with her parents, and completely adrift in life and love.
About the Author
Elizabeth is the author of MONA AT SEA, FIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PETER SELLERS, and THE BULLET SWALLOWER, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster 1/23/24. Originally from South Texas, Elizabeth currently lives with her family in Massachusetts.
