Sleeping with random beasts

Eleanor May Shank - otherwise known as Bean - is fed up with her unfaithful boyfriend, numbing job, and nagging insecurities. In a reckless move that abandons all hope of normalcy, she packs up her life in Boston and heads across the country by train. Balancing aimlessness with visits to ex-lovers, out-of-control friends, and her splintered family, she rapidly settles old scores and makes new mistakes. Until, quite unexpectedly, she discovers what she really wants and how to get it.

First sentence: It's Friday, October 30th, and I'm sitting on the Night Owl in South Station, Boston, pillow at the window and ticket in hand, willing my stomach to settle and trying to remember where I forwarded my mail.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Editions

1

Pages

440

ISBN

9780811824224

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