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Jo Firestone

A sexy reality show. A missing contestant. A one-of-a-kind detective.“Bless Jo Firestone’s quiet, mad genius. . . . Hilarious and completely brilliant, [a] bloodstained love-letter to reality-dating television.”—VultureWhen a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers hire detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the case. What the producers don’t know is that the e...

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Jo Firestone

**A secret island-enclave for the super rich. A dead billionaire. A one-of-a-kind detective."Bless Jo Firestone's quiet, mad genius."—Vulture**Marie Jones has hit rock bottom. Just three months ago, her crime solving alter-ego Luella van Horn cracked the case of a murdered contestant on the hit reality show Sex Island, but now all her gigs have dried up. Marie finds herself on the verge of eviction, broke and alone, in the midst of an August heat wave....

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Jo Firestone

**A missing woman everyone hates. A sleepaway camp for adults with bad personalities. A one-of-a-kind detective.“Once again the incomparable (and unhinged) Jo Firestone proves that she is damn funny.”—Ziwe, on Murder on Sex Island**Marie Jones is back on her feet. Mostly. She’s keeping her cats alive, she’s stopped dating creeps, and with the help of her friend, Joan Clyborne, she’s running a small but growing private detective agency as her glamourous alter ego, L...

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Jo Firestone

**A missing woman everyone hates. A sleepaway camp for adults with bad personalities. A one-of-a-kind detective.“Once again the incomparable (and unhinged) Jo Firestone proves that she is damn funny.”—Ziwe, on Murder on Sex Island**Marie Jones is back on her feet. Mostly. She’s keeping her cats alive, she’s stopped dating creeps, and with the help of her friend, Joan Clyborne, she’s running a small but growing private detective agency as her glamourous alter ego, L...

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Jo Firestone

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Jo Firestone

**A sexy reality show. A missing contestant. A one-of-a-kind detective."Bless Jo Firestone's quiet, mad genius . . . Hilarious and completely brilliant, [a] bloodstained love-letter to reality-dating television." —Vulture**When a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers hire detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the case. What the producers don’t know is that the enigmatic Luella van Horn is ac...

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Jo Firestone

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Jo Firestone

**A secret island-enclave for the super rich. A dead billionaire. A one-of-a-kind detective."Bless Jo Firestone's quiet, mad genius."—Vulture**Marie Jones has hit rock bottom. Just three months ago, her crime solving alter-ego Luella van Horn cracked the case of a murdered contestant on the hit reality show Sex Island, but now all her gigs have dried up. Marie finds herself on the verge of eviction, broke and alone, in the midst of an August heat wave....

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Adina Talve-Goodman

Engaging, funny, and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a giftAdina Talve-Goodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood, including a heart transplant at age nineteen. In these seven essays, she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of...