{"product_id":"9781035016624","title":"Bonding","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Franklin, Mariel \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/06\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781035016624,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 The Fraud'This bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life' - GuardianMary is single, jobless, and on her way to Ibiza.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, at a party, she meets Tom, a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a new drug that claims to cure the anxieties of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in London after a heady trip, Mary begins going out with Tom and working for her sort-of-ex Lara, who has created innovative dating app designed to revolutionize the industry. As tech and pharma collide, she is forced to question what love and success mean in a world that is hurtling out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElectrifying, urgent, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's debut Bonding is a uniquely modern story of sex, tech and freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Audacious, hot, deeply uncomfortable and genuinely thrilling' - Saba Sams, author of Send Nudes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55395533455733,"sku":"9781035016624","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781035016624_d2727ec6-32b5-497c-bc4a-83e3daa559bc.jpg?v=1759668341","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781035016624","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}