A young womanâs life in New York City is upended by addiction in this debut novel âthat is equal parts irreverent and hilarious, depressive and hopefulâ (Bustle). Maya is a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isnât much fun anymore. Sheâs been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her, and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely calibrated life descends into chaos. Mayaâs struggle to be alone, to be a woman, and to be thoughtful, imperfect, and alive in a world that doesnât really care what happens to her is rendered with dead-eyed clarity and unnerving charm. Rendered in frank, graphic, highly charged language where âeverything rings trueâ and âleaves you on a highâ (The Guardian), The New York Times exclaimed âa novel about a heroin addict shouldnât be this much fun to read.â
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