Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s a bail at the 60% mark. This book started out entertaining but it quickly became gimmicky and a bit too much for me. A woman who transcribes a therapist‘s sessions becomes obsessed with one of his patients. When they meet by chance, Greta the transcriber,initiates an affair with the woman she‘s named โ€œBig Swissโ€

What a weird book. But in a really really good way. It's kind a refreshing reading a character my age (40s) who is a mess. And even though I didn't really like her, which has never stopped me from enjoying a book, I couldn't wait to read what she would do or say next. #aardvark

This was truly hilarious and a joy to read! Sometimes funny fiction falls flat for me, but Greta was a character you can root for and laugh at.

Greta transcribes the audio recordings from a local sex therapist. She becomes intrigued by a patient she calls Big Swiss. When they meet at the dog park, an attraction and affair develops. But Greta doesn‘t stop listening to Swiss‘ appointmentsโ€ฆ๐Ÿซฃ

Great pick @AardvarkBookClub ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿง€

Started this one today. #aardvark

She‘d been a listener all her life and tended to surround herself with people in love with their own voices.

Opening paragraph

Hey Litsy - blaming you for joining #aardvark ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜‚

My #aardvark books are here! I love both covers.

Book 49๐Ÿ“š 3.8โญ๏ธ

Hilarious and insightful๐Ÿ’›

Greta is a sex therapists transcriber and things take a turn when she becomes inthralled by one of the patients, known to her as Big Swiss!

Oh the secrets!!

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Big Swiss is a distinctive, indelible reading experience that might not be for everyone, but I loved it! Beagin‘s writing is witty and visceral; her characters are weird and captivating. Come for the voyeuristic thrill of glimpsing transcripts from Om‘s sex therapy sessions, stay for the darkly funny and absurd exploration of trauma, sex, and the human psyche.

I took the plunge and made my March #aardvark pick. Seen a bunch of instagram reviews on this book so I hope I‘m in for a good time. I am really looking forward to a skip option at Aardvark. I don‘t want to cancel but I‘m not always 100% sold on the selections. I‘m going to let it play out a few more months bc I can‘t bring myself to quit.

Tbh, if I could‘ve skipped this #aardvark month, I would have. (Please bring in skip function!!) I‘m really interested in this book, but my wait time at the library is down to six weeks. The new Joyce Carol Oates sounded good, but I tend to buy mysteries then not read them. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ The memoir sounded neat too, but I was worried about some of the CWs, but I appreciate their inclusion!!

Trigger warning: Suicide
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Greta, a forty five year old transcriptionist for a therapist with more spiritual than psychological leanings, meets Flavia, one of the clients of said therapist and whose sessions Greta has transcribed quite a bit and in fact is quite infatuated by her, at a dog park.....(continued in comments)

The first March #Aardvark clue is up and even though this one came out in Feb, I feel like this is a solid guess for the clues!

? = She transcribes sex therapy sessions
? = The blurb says something about bees in the house?
? = A little on the nose, but SWISS
โค๏ธโ€? = An "explosive" affair ensues after she falls in love with a client while listening to her sessions.

What do you think? The cover gives me the creeps but it sounds so good!

Utterly bizarre but eminently readable.

In the same vein as Ottessa Moshfegh, a mundane transcriber for a sex therapist becomes obsessed with a patient known as 'Big Swiss' and strikes up a friendship and an affair with the mysterious woman. As both deal with their traumas and past baggage, it becomes evident that each has bigger issues than they realize in this quirky satire of relationships and self-help.