Korn Gabrielle
Korn Gabrielle - Yours For The Taking - Hardcover
Korn Gabrielle - Yours For The Taking - Hardcover
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Description: A thrilling queer debut novel set several decades in the future and following an unforgettable cast of characters as they become swept up into a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn and though they love each other it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project a series of weather - safe city - sized structures around the world. Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women's rights advocate and thanks to a generous donation she's just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox yet alluring she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment. Shelby a business major from a working - class family is drawn to Jacqueline's promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline's personal assistant she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project though the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. When Ava is accepted to live Inside and her girlfriend isn t she's forced to go alone. But her heartbreak is quickly replaced with a feeling of belonging: Inside seems like it's the safe space she's been searching for most of the time. Other times she can t shake the feeling that something is deeply off. As she Olympia and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system Jacqueline tightens her grip becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do and who she is willing to sacrifice to keep her dream alive. At once a mesmerizing story of queer love betrayal and chosen family and an unflinching indictment of white corporate feminism Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world in all its beauty and horror.
Title: Yours For The Taking
Author(s): Korn Gabrielle
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250283368
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Category: Science Fiction
Description: A thrilling queer debut novel set several decades in the future and following an unforgettable cast of characters as they become swept up into a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn and though they love each other it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project a series of weather - safe city - sized structures around the world. Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women's rights advocate and thanks to a generous donation she's just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox yet alluring she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment. Shelby a business major from a working - class family is drawn to Jacqueline's promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline's personal assistant she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project though the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. When Ava is accepted to live Inside and her girlfriend isn t she's forced to go alone. But her heartbreak is quickly replaced with a feeling of belonging: Inside seems like it's the safe space she's been searching for most of the time. Other times she can t shake the feeling that something is deeply off. As she Olympia and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system Jacqueline tightens her grip becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do and who she is willing to sacrifice to keep her dream alive. At once a mesmerizing story of queer love betrayal and chosen family and an unflinching indictment of white corporate feminism Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world in all its beauty and horror.
Title: Yours For The Taking
Author(s): Korn Gabrielle
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250283368
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Category: Science Fiction
