{"product_id":"bonding-by-mariel-franklin-9781035016624","title":"Bonding","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI 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.\u003c\/em\u003e - Zadie Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fraud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life.\u003c\/em\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMary is single, jobless, and on her way to Ibiza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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 an innovative dating app designed to revolutionise 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eElectrifying, urgent, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's debut \u003cem\u003eBonding\u003c\/em\u003e is a uniquely modern story of sex, tech, and freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAudacious, hot, deeply uncomfortable and genuinely thrilling.\u003c\/em\u003e - Saba Sams, author of \u003cem\u003eSend Nudes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670964556012,"sku":"9781035016624","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035016624.jpg?v=1752808746","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/bonding-by-mariel-franklin-9781035016624","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}