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Revision as of 19:43, 26 June 2024

The First Bad Man
Cover of The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Author(s) Miranda July


Summary

Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense non-profit where she works. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one.

When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old daughter Clee can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically-ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee--the selfish, cruel blond bombshell--who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime.

Trigger Warnings

  • Anxiety
  • Pregnancy
  • Childbirth
  • Hospitalisation (of a baby)
  • Pedophilia
  • Sexual abuse

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