Description
| Product ID: | 9781035016570 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bonding |
| Authors: | Author: Mariel Franklin |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and Contemporary romance, Fiction: special features, Adult & contemporary romance, Fiction: special features |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For readers of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Exciting Times, an addictive, dark and sexy debut novel about falling in love as society falls apart. <p><b>The beach read with big ideas</b><br><br>'I absolutely loved it.' - <b>Zadie Smith, author of </b><b><i>The Fraud</i></b><br><br>'Audacious, hot, deeply uncomfortable and genuinely thrilling' <b>- Saba Sams, author of <i>Send Nudes</i><br><br>Adrift in her early thirties, Mary sets out to change her life, one ill-advised decision at a time.</b><br><br>First, she books a spontaneous flight to Ibiza where she meets Tom, a brilliant young chemist working on an experimental drug called <i>Eudaxa</i> that claims to cure the anxieties of modern life. As their connection deepens, Mary thinks she might finally be falling in love.<br><br>Then Mary lands a job at Openr, an innovative dating app with no limits. Its founder, Mary’s ex girlfriend Lara, will do everything it takes to make it a global phenomenon.<br><br>When Mary introduces Lara and Tom, love and pharma collide with devastating consequences. As whispers about <i>Eudaxa’s</i> side effects begin to grow, Mary is forced to ask whether love is even possible in a society that is falling apart.<br><br><b>Electrifying, urgent, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's <i>Bonding</i> is a uniquely modern story of sex and freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.<br><br>'Part love story, part love-mare, <i>Bonding</i> asks big, bold questions about the future of human relations and relationships' - Sarah May, author of<i> Becky </i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-27 |