She’s recently relocated from Los Angeles to the Bobo burg of Hudson, N.Y., whose main claim to fame - before the bistros rolled in - was its status as the first incorporated city in the U.S. Greta doesn’t mind any of this, at least not much.
Its “fifty or sixty thousand” inhabitants provide both a potent metaphor and an oddly anodyne threat to a household where thrillingly expensive window treatments bulge with stink bugs and the centuries-old walls are no match for the upstate New York chill.
This hive is situated between the ceiling of the kitchen and the floor of the bedroom above it. It’s not just that Sabine’s thoughts revolve around it and not just that it’s right above the hearth. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Īt the center of the house where Greta, the 40-something narrator of Jen Beagin’s eccentric and wise new novel, “ Big Swiss,” lives with her longtime friend and flaky landlady Sabine, is a beehive.
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