Coming March 2025 from
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
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The fifth novel from award-winning author Amy Shearn
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Fleishman Is in Trouble meets Big Swiss in this darkly humorous and tantalizing pandemic-era portrait of sex, divorce, and midlife, about a Brooklynite who frankensteins the perfect lover.
It’s spring of 2020 and Rachel Bloomstein—mother of three, recent divorcée, and Brooklynite—is stuck inside. But her newly awakened sexual desire and lust for a new life refuse to be contained. Rachel dips a toe in the online dating world, leading to park dates with younger men, flirtations with beautiful women, and actual, in-person sex. None of them, individually, are perfect . . . hence her rotation.
Frustrated with the existing options, Rachel creates Frankie, the AI chatbot she programs with all the good parts of dating in middle age . . . and some of the bad. But perhaps real life has more in store for Rachel than she could ever program for herself.
Praise for Amy Shearn's writing
"Shearn is gifted, crafting quirky and charming prose."
-Publishers Weekly
"Shearn’s narrative is delightfully manic and extremely witty.…"
-Kirkus Reviews
“She has a glorious way of description, conjuring vivid images with brevity and wit…This is an author to read now and definitely watch in the future.”
-Dallas Morning News
“Shearn has written an absorbing, energetically offbeat novel that merits attention.”
-Kansas City Star
"An excellent read. You won’t be disappointed."