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Hey, Zoey
Hey, Zoey | Sarah Crossan
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In this “brilliant . . . and darkly funny” (Sarah Dunn) novel, Dolores O'Shea’s marriage collapsed when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage—but after moving “Zoey” into the house, they become oddly bonded, opening the door to a lifetime of repressed feelings and memories. 43-year-old Dolores O'Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who's moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn't what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the $8,000 AI sex doll that David has secretly purchased and stuffed away in the garage. At first, Zoey sparks an uncharacteristically strong violence in Dolores, whose entire life is suddenly cast in doubt. But then, Dolores and Zoey start to talk...and what surfaces runs deeper than Dolores could have ever expected, with consequences for all of the relationships in her life, especially her relationship to herself. Provocative, brilliant, and tender, Hey, Zoey is an electrifying new novel about the painful truths of modern-day connection and the complicated and unexpected forms that love can take in a lifetime.
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CarolynM
Hey, Zoey | Sarah Crossan
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Mehso-so

Dolores is 43 & deputy principal in a secondary school. When she discovers her husband‘s AI sex doll they split up & she becomes obsessed with the doll while raking over her memories & dealing with students‘ problems. This is an IRL book group choice, otherwise I think I would have bailed. There are an awful lot of important topics in it but I didn‘t feel like it really got to grips with any of them. At least there should be plenty to talk about.

Reggie My bookclub is chock full of books like this. Not great but the way we all rumble(respectfully, lol) with our opinions makes it worth it. Hope you have a good time with the group. 1h
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