Whoever You Are, Honey
A Novel
Olivia Gatwood
- What
- happens
- when
- what
- was
- once
- considered
- dystopia
- is
- now
- reality?This
- darkly
- brilliant
- debut
- novel
- explores
- how
- women
- shape
- themselves
- beneath
- the
- gaze
- of
- love,
- friendship,
- and
- the
- algorithm—“a
- fever
- dream
- for
- the
- AI
- age”
- (People).“This
- book
- reads
- like
- a
- thriller,
- but
- it's
- also
- a
- tender
- and
- searching
- exploration
- of
- what
- it
- means
- to
- inhabit
- a
- female
- body.”—Kelly
- Link,
- author
- of
- The
- Book
- of
- LoveA
- TIME
- AND
- VOGUE
- BEST
- BOOK
- OF
- THE
- YEARMitty
- can’t
- quite
- make
- out
- the
- expression
- on
- Lena’s
- face,
- but
- she
- doesn’t
- look
- distressed.
- She
- looks
- like
- nothing
- at
- all.
- She
- looks
- like
- the
- beginning,
- before
- thoughts,
- a
- white
- hallway
- with
- no
- doors,
- a
- room
- so
- long
- your
- voice
- disappears
- before
- it
- can
- echo.On
- the
- Santa
- Cruz,
- California,
- waterfront,
- every
- house
- is
- a
- flawless
- glass
- monolith.
- Except
- for
- one.
- In
- a
- dilapidated
- bungalow,
- Mitty
- and
- her
- elderly
- roommate,
- Bethel,
- are
- the
- oddball
- pair
- who
- represent
- the
- last
- vestiges
- of
- a
- free-spirited
- town
- taken
- over
- by
- the
- tech
- elite.
- But
- their
- lives
- are
- about
- to
- be
- forever
- changed
- when
- a
- new
- couple,
- Sebastian
- and
- Lena,
- move
- in
- next
- door.Sebastian
- is
- a
- renowned
- tech
- founder
- and
- Lena
- is
- his
- spellbindingly
- perfect
- girlfriend.
- But
- Lena
- has
- secrets;
- she
- feels
- uneasy
- about
- her
- oddly
- spotty
- memory
- and
- is
- growing
- increasingly
- wary
- of
- the
- way
- Sebastian
- controls
- their
- relationship.
- Mitty
- is
- also
- hiding
- something,
- and
- the
- way
- Lena
- appears
- to
- float
- through
- her
- luxurious
- life
- draws
- Mitty
- inexorably
- into
- her
- orbit.
- As
- the
- two
- women
- begin
- to
- form
- a
- close
- friendship,
- they
- are
- finally
- forced
- to
- face
- their
- pasts—and
- the
- urgent
- truths
- that
- could
- change
- everything.Showcasing
- Olivia
- Gatwood’s
- talent
- as
- an
- essential
- author
- for
- our
- hyper-digital
- age,
- Whoever
- You
- Are,
- Honey
- is
- a
- gripping,
- seductive,
- and
- prescient
- novel
- that
- dissects
- relationships
- between
- women
- and
- examines
- how
- striving
- for
- perfection
- and
- desirability
- plays
- out
- in
- spaces
- where
- technology
- and
- power intersect.
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