Bonding

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I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately -- Zadie Smith, author of <i>The Fraud</i> As relishable as it is terrifying, Bonding is an audacious, hot, deeply uncomfortable and genuinely thrilling deep-dive into the dystopian future in which we now live -- Saba Sams, author of <i>Send Nudes</i> So obviously impressive . . . With its dissident intelligence and its comprehensive vision of a devastated social sphere, Mariel Franklin's Bonding is the work of an author whose importance already feels assured * The Observer * This smart, disturbing debut reads like a nineteenth-century novel of manners for the digital age . . . Franklin has written one of the most stimulating novels I have read * The Times * With dazzling imagination, Franklin fashions cutting-edge concepts, then uses them to pry open the human heart and interrogate the eternal questions therein. Chilling but warm, eagle-eyed yet sweeping, Bonding is a fascinating, ambitious tale for our modern age. -- Andrew Lipstein, author of <i>The Vegan</i> Fast, harsh, smart and fun * Guardian * Somewhere between Big Pharma-topia and dating app start-ups is Bonding's biggest surprise - and it's heart-shaped. Part love story, part love-mare, Bonding asks big, bold questions about the future of human relations and relationships -- Sarah May, author of <i>Becky</i> Franklin's agile, thought-provoking tale throbs with ideas, fears and cautions. * Financial Times * An addictive and unsparing novel. Mariel Franklin contends with some of our most urgent questions . . . a gorgeous, clear-eyed, and terrifying debut, Bonding is a love story for our times. -- Claudia Day, author of <i>Daughter</i> Franklin arranges her vision of the contemporary moment in a way that makes the reader see our predicament anew. She is a seer and this novel of ideas is funny, sexy and surprising. -- Luke Brown, author <i>Theft</i> Franklin is a fearless writer. In Bonding, she has written a novel that is somehow both timely and timeless. -- Keiran Goddard, author of <i>I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning</i>