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Ask me anything / P.Z. Reizin.
'Ask Me Anything' is about a young women unlucky in love who gets a little help from her smart fridge, smart toothbrush, microwave, tv, fitness tracker and laptop, to find her perfect match. This novel is a new kind of romantic comedy, one that that will appeal to readers who like smart, high concept rom-com's such as 'Eleanor Oliphant'. It is a hopeful, timely story about technology and is a departure from the dark, dystopian worlds of 'Black Mirror' and 'Mr. Robot'.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538726983 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 386 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020.
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| Subject: | Artificial intelligence > Fiction. Dating (Social customs) > Fiction. Mate selection > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Reizi | 31681010199396 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Struggling with limited prospects in the years after her father's abandonment, Daisy uses smart devices to organize care for her aging mother, unaware that the devices are secretly working to transform her family's happiness. - Baker & Taylor
Struggling with limited prospects in the years after her fatherâs abandonment, Daisy uses smart devices to organize care for her aging mother, unaware that the devices are secretly working to transform her familyâs happiness. 50,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"When you consider how many quadrillions of hours of human drudgery have been eradicated by the invention of the dishwasher, the washing machine, and (ahem) the fridge, is it absurd to imagine household appliances employing that same genius to fix the messy romantic lives of their hopless human owners? Daisy Parsloe is a mess. Her job's going badly, her love life is haphazard at best, and her elderly mother seems to be losing her mind. Even Daisy's smart technology appears to be judging her - the last text she received was from her fridge about some moldy potato salad. What Daisy doesn't know is that her appliances are also plotting. They've joined together, across the Internet of Things, to nudge Daisy in the right direction. But it isn't long before their well-meaning interference starts to get noticed and the race is on to find Daisy's Mr. Right before the plugs are pulled."-- - Grand Central Pub
From the author of Happiness for Humans, a romantic comedy for the technology age: a young woman unlucky in love gets a little help from the most unlikely of places to find her perfect match.Wouldn't it be great if everyone had a team of smart machines to handle all the messy emotional stuff? When you consider how many quadrillions of hours of human drudgery have been eradicated by the invention of only the dishwasher, the washing machine and (ahem) the fridge freezer, is it absurd to imagine a scenario in which household appliances bring the same -- yes! -- genius to bear on the slow-motion car crash that is (for many young people) the romantic side of their lives? If they are content to leave their dishes, dirty linen and food refrigeration to smart technology, how much of a stretch is it for machines to take care of their emotional needs?Chloe and Daisy Parsloe only have each other, since Daisy's dad left for sunnier climes and a new family. But now Daisy is in her early thirties, she's not doing brilliantly at work, her love life is haphazard (to put it kindly) and her elderly mum seems to be losing her mind . . . Daisy is also the proud possessor of a smart fridge, which keeps trying to help Daisy sort out her life by sending her texts to tell her that she's out of milk, or that the pasta salad has gone out of date. What Daisy doesn't know is that her smart fridge, like her smart toothbrush, microwave, tv, fitness tracker, and laptop all want to help her smooth out her chaotic existence -- and help her mother, Mrs. Parsloe, stay independently living at home. Operation Daisy is about to make both the Parsloes' lives much, much happier.
