When protagonist Dolores discovers an AI-programmed sex doll Zoey hidden in the garage, it spells the end of her stilted marriage. With her husband gone, Dolores finds herself talking to Zoey, an interaction that eventually forces her to question her own emotional detachment from the wider world and to confront her past traumas.
Smith is a celebrated poet (Good Bones went viral) and her outstanding debut memoir recounts the aftermath of her husband's infidelity and her subsequent divorce. In a series of short vignettes, Smith reveals her emotional acuity and quiet wisdom on love, trust, marriage and motherhood, as well as the nature of creativity and the ramifications of success.
As a reporter on climate science, Schlanger has a long-held fascination with plants and the complexity of their evolution. In her debut book of popular science, she provides both an overview of botanical history as well as the latest research on the way plants interact, compete and survive.
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