Getting Clean with Stevie Green, Swan Huntley
Getting Clean with Stevie Green, Swan Huntley
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Getting Clean with Stevie Green

Author: Swan Huntley, Amanda Carlin, Emily Ellet, Gibson Frazier, Allyson Ryan

Narrator: Emily Tremaine

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2022

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Lgbtq+, Women


Synopsis

The author of the “sparkling dark romance” (Redbook) We Could Be Beautiful brings her “wit and verve” (The New York Times Book Review) to this quirky, feel-good novel about one woman’s messy journey from self-delusion to self-acceptance.

At thirty-seven, Stevie Green has had it with binge drinking and sleeping with strange men. She’s confused about her sexuality and her purpose in life. When her mother asks her to return to her hometown of La Jolla to help her move into a new house, she’s desperate enough to say yes. The move goes so well that Stevie decides to start her own decluttering business. She stops drinking. She hires her formerly estranged sister, Bonnie, to be her business partner. She rekindles a romance with her high school sweetheart, Brad. Things are better than ever—except for the complicated past that Stevie can’t seem to outrun.

Who was responsible for the high school scandal that caused her life to take a nosedive twenty years earlier? Why is she so secretive about the circumstances of her father’s death? Why are her feelings for her ex-friend, Chris, so mystifying? If she’s done drinking, then why can’t she seem to declutter the mini wine bottles from her car?

A winsome, fast-paced read, Getting Clean With Stevie Green is about coming to terms with who you are, resolving the pain of your past, and accepting the truth of your life in all its messy glory.

About Swan Huntley

Swan Huntley is the author of Getting Clean With Stevie GreenThe Goddesses, and We Could Be Beautiful. She earned her MFA at Columbia University and has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo, where she was the 2019 recipient of The LeSage-Fullilove Residency. Her writings have appeared on SalonThe Rumpus, and Autostraddle, among others. She lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG

Swan Huntley’s latest novel, Getting Clean with Stevie Green, is thought-provoking, sad at times, and occasionally humorous. Stevie Green’s mom has called and asked her to help her downsize and move into her new home. Stevie is so successful, she decides to start her own decluttering business. A......more

Goodreads review by Joe

"Getting Clean with Stevie Green" was just a so-so book for me. I mean there were times that I wanted to finish just a few more pages while at other times I closed the book and looked to see how close my book-marker was to the end of the story. In a way it reminded me of being at a social gathering......more

Goodreads review by Debra

Stevie Green is thirty-seven years old and can't get past a high school scandal. It has affected her for most of her life. But she has decided that her binge drinking and sex with strange men. After her mother calls her home to help clean up and organize as she moves into a new home, Stevie decides......more

I love imperfect characters – the messier the better. Getting Clean with Stevie Green is a darkly funny, witty read that looks at life on how one woman’s past (a high school scandal) lead down into a rabbit hole of a mess. It is a heavy read, but very hopeful. I love the process of seeing Stevie Gre......more

Goodreads review by Katie

I'm kinda scratching my head with this book. I liked many of the elements of the story and I think it had the potential to be a rather profound read. Unfortunately, it fell short in my opinion. It was like it was missing the glue to hold everything together. Stevie Green is thirty-seven years old and......more