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Big Swiss: A Novel

"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair

"One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients.

Greta 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.

One 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...

"A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel" (Bustle), Big Swiss 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.

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ViuexCarreMouse

Apr 15, 2024

10/10 stars

Freaking loved this book. Was literally laughing out loud and cringing all at the same time at the vividly awkward situations in this book. Even felt guilty about reading it as I felt like I was spying on the transcriber spying on so on and so forth. So good.

deebags

Mar 16, 2024

3/10 stars

I don't even know if this makes sense. Is there really if plot? This book was long. I didn't give me a movie in my head. The concept is original just written poorly. It was kind of all over the place. There was also really no satisfactory ending, like the author got bored and said I'm done.

CoralReads

Feb 05, 2024

7/10 stars

Loved the plot, felt like the book could have done more. I was left a little unsatisfied at the end because it felt so rushed. But i really enjoyed the characters and love a WLW story

Anonymous

Jan 05, 2024

8/10 stars

i can’t say i expected to cry while reading this book… but here we are!
the comedy that jen beagin writes with is so… human. it’s easy to read & laugh at her writing style & the way Greta speaks to herself. the synopsis on the back cover immediately got me because… who thinks of this kind of book? it didn’t disappoint.
big swiss gave me life lessons, laughs, inspiration, cringes, tears… what more can you ask for

Cbfjohnson

Jan 04, 2024

7/10 stars

Meh- it was a weird, small-town love affair with baggage. Ethically broken, which was why I kept reading…I kept asking “why is she doing this?!?” Side note- Don’t mess with dogs, people!