{"product_id":"vacuum-in-the-dark-paperback","title":"Vacuum in the Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJen Beagin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Whiting Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePretend I'm Dead \u003c\/i\u003eand one of the most exhilarating new voices in fiction, a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"thoroughly delightfully, surprisingly profound\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) one-of-a-kind novel about a cleaning lady named Mona and her struggles to move forward in life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoon to be an FX television show starring Lola Kirke.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMona 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, she's got another bad boyfriend. This one she calls Dark, and he happens to be married to one of Mona's clients. He also might be a little unstable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDark and his wife aren't the only complicated clients on Mona's roster, either. There's also the Hungarian artist couple who--with her addiction to painkillers and his lingering stares--reminds Mona of troubling aspects of her childhood, and some of the underlying reasons her life had to be restarted in the first place. As she tries to get over the heartache of her affair and the older pains of her youth, Mona winds up on an eccentric, moving journey of self-discovery that takes her back to her beginnings where she attempts to unlock the key to having a sense of home in the future. The only problems are Dark and her past. Neither is so easy to get rid of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJen Beagin's \u003ci\u003eVacuum in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable, astonishing read, \"by turns nutty and forlorn...Brash, deadpan, and achingly troubled\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). Beagin is \"a wonderfully funny writer who also happens to tackle serious subjects\" (NPR).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309918941286,"sku":"9781501182150","price":25.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ajY3VzRxVWRMOU5HZm5XaGVmQUFwdz09.webp?v=1767826538","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/vacuum-in-the-dark-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}