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Chapters 1 – 4

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Beagin, Jen. Big Swiss. Scribner, 2023.

• The novel introduces 45-year-old Greta via her impressions of a mysterious woman she nicknamed Big Swiss.

• Greta imagined that Big Swiss was tall with fine blond hair and an appearance that was “stunning, but sterile” (1).

• Greta became aware of Big Swiss when she accepted a job as a transcriptionist for a sex and relationship coach named Om.

• Greta was an excellent fit for a job as a therapy transcriptionist because she loved to eavesdrop.

• Greta once worked in a pharmacy, but she stopped working there soon after she found her boss’s body after he died by suicide.

• Greta’s mother also died by suicide when she was 13.

• A therapy session between Om and Big Swiss is transcribed and interjected with occasional commentary from Greta.

• While transcribing the session...

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