EAN: 9780593182918

THE HIERARCHIES - ROS ANDERSON KARTONIERT (TB)

In this stunningly original debut novel that will appeal to readers of The Power or Never Let
Me Go  a synthetic woman created solely to serve her human Husband slowly comes to the
realization that her Husband is far less invested in her well-being than she is in his . . .
sending her on a harrowing emotional journey of self-realization as she asks herself: WHAT IS
LOVE OR CONSENT IF YOU'RE PROGRAMMED TO OBEY? Sylv.ie is a fully sentient robot  designed to
cater to her Husband's every whim. She lives alone on the top floor of his luxurious home  her
existence barely tolerated by his human wife and concealed from their child. Between her
Husband's visits  deeply curious about the world beyond her room  Sylv.ie watches the family in
the garden hears them laugh  cry  and argue. Longing to experience more of life  she confides
her hopes and fears only to her diary. But are such thoughts allowed? And if not  what might
the punishment be? As Sylv.ie learns more about the world and becomes more aware of her place
within it  something shifts inside her. Is she malfunctioning  as her Husband thinks  or coming
into her own? As their interactions become increasingly fraught  she fears he might send her
back to the factory for reprogramming. If that happens  her hidden diary could be her only link
to everything that came before. And the only clue that she is in grave danger. Set in a
recognizable near future and laced with dark  sly humor  Ros Anderson's deeply observant debut
novel is less about the fear of new technology than about humans' age-old talent for
exploitation. In a world where there are now two classes of women born and created the growing
friction between them may have far-reaching consequences no one could have predicted.

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