A Touch of Jen
BOOK SUMMARY
Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure service workers, are not particularly happy together. But they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former co-worker of Remy's who now seems to be following her bliss as a globe-trotting jewelry designer. In and outside the bedroom, Remy and Alicia's entire relationship revolves around fantasies of Jen, whose every Instagram caption, outfit, and new age mantra they know by heart.
Imagine their confused excitement when they run into Jen, in the flesh, and she invites them on a surfing trip to the Hamptons with her wealthy boyfriend and their group. Once there, Remy and Alicia try (a little too hard) to fit into Jen's exalted social circle, but violent desire and class resentment bubble beneath the surface of this beachside paradise, threatening to erupt. As small disturbances escalate into outright horror, we find ourselves tumbling with Remy and Alicia into an uncanny alternate reality, one shaped by their most unspeakable, deviant, and intoxicating fantasies. Is this what "self-actualization" looks like?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Beth Morgan grew up outside Sherman, Texas and studied writing as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing an MFA at Brooklyn College. Her work has been published in The Iowa Review and The Kenyon Review Online.
PRAISE
"A satirical, ferocious, shape-shifting novel . . . chimeric and deliriously original, emitting an eerie power." — New York Times Book Review
"Wildly hilarious and absolutely terrifying, A Touch of Jen is truly a touch of genius. I loved every minute of it." — Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things
"Beth Morgan's perfectly unhinged debut novel is a twisted delight you'll devour within a day . . . You'll laugh, you'll scream, you'll strongly consider making your Instagram private." — Refinery29, Best Books of Summer
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Paperback 320 pages
Fiction / humorous
Dimensions: 9 in (H) | 6.1 in (W) | 1 in (T) | 0.6 lb
