{"title":"Katie M Flynn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"companions-book-katie-m-flynn-9781982122157","title":"The Companions","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003c\/i\u003e in this debut novel set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the companionship program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers upon their death, but all companions become the intellectual property of Metis Corporation, creating a new class of people--a command-driven product-class without legal rights or true free will. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSixteen-year-old Lilac is one of the less fortunate, leased to a family of strangers. But when she realizes she's able to defy commands, she throws off the shackles of servitude and runs away, searching for the woman who killed her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLilac's act of rebellion sets off a chain of events that sweeps from San Francisco to Siberia to the very tip of South America. While the novel traces Lilac's journey through an exquisitely imagined Northern California, the story is told from eight different points of view--some human, some companion--that explore the complex shapes love, revenge, and loneliness take when the dead linger on.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49524808515857,"sku":"CIN1982122153VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49670127288593,"sku":"CIN1982122153G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982122153.jpg?v=1751063128"},{"product_id":"island-rule-book-katie-m-flynn-9781982122201","title":"Island Rule","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"urgent and heartfelt\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) novel \u003ci\u003eThe Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, a genre-bending collection of interconnected short stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan and Karen Russell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An angry mother turns into a literal monster. A company in San Francisco can scrub your entire reputation and create a new one...for a price. A failed actor on a reality show turns into an unlikely world savior. And much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through each of these twelve interconnected stories, people, places, and even realities are masterfully blended. \"Funny, tender, and compulsively readable, Katie Flynn's warmhearted collection is an absolute gem, with an enormous generosity of spirit and keen wit on display in every line\" (Maryse Meijer, author of \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50095236743441,"sku":"CIN198212220XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50975471141137,"sku":"CIN198212220XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51064355782929,"sku":"NIN9781982122201","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/198212220X.jpg?v=1751252295"},{"product_id":"companions-book-katie-m-flynn-9781982122164","title":"The Companions","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003c\/i\u003e in this\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"suspenseful, introspective debut\" (Kirkus Reviews) set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the \"companionship\" program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers upon their death, but all companions become the intellectual property of Metis Corporation, creating a new class of people--a command-driven product-class without legal rights or true free will.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sixteen-year-old Lilac is one of the less fortunate, leased to a family of strangers. But when she realizes she's able to defy commands, she throws off the shackles of servitude and runs away, searching for the woman who killed her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lilac's act of rebellion sets off a chain of events that sweeps from San Francisco to Siberia to the very tip of South America in this \"compelling, gripping, whip-smart piece of speculative fiction\" (Jennie Melamed, author of \u003ci\u003eGather the Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e) that you won't want to end.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50404376346897,"sku":"CIN1982122161VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50726552961297,"sku":"GOR011923654","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51330592899345,"sku":"CIN1982122161G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52393992093969,"sku":"NIN9781982122164","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982122161.jpg?v=1751125345"},{"product_id":"island-rule-book-katie-m-flynn-9781982122218","title":"Island Rule","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"urgent and heartfelt\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) novel \u003ci\u003eThe Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, a genre-bending collection of interconnected short stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan and Karen Russell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An angry mother turns into a literal monster. A company in San Francisco can scrub your entire reputation and create a new one...for a price. A failed actor on a reality show turns into an unlikely world savior. And much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through each of these twelve interconnected stories, people, places, and even realities are masterfully blended. \"Funny, tender, and compulsively readable, Katie Flynn's warmhearted collection is an absolute gem, with an enormous generosity of spirit and keen wit on display in every line\" (Maryse Meijer, author of \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51381732147473,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51381732180241,"sku":"NIN9781982122218","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982122218.jpg?v=1751188065"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-katie-m-flynn.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}