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Ask Me Anything (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781538726983)
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xFrom 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help Daisy sort out her life by sending her texts to tell her that she's out of milk, or that the pasta salad has gone out of date.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.
Author: P. Z. Reizin
ISBN-10: 153872698X
ISBN-13: 9781538726983
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2020 pg. 30
Booklist 05/15/2020 pg. 16
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 82
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.
Author: P. Z. Reizin
ISBN-10: 153872698X
ISBN-13: 9781538726983
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2020 pg. 30
Booklist 05/15/2020 pg. 16
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 82
By P. Z. Reizin
xP.Z. Reizin worked as a journalist and producer in newspapers, radio, and television before turning to writing. He has been involved in several Internet startup ventures, none of which went on to trouble Google, Twitter, or Facebook. He is married with a daughter and lives in London.
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