'I absolutely loved it' - ZADIE SMITH 'Fast harsh smart and fun' - GUARDIAN 'Genuinely
thrilling' - SABA SAMS AUTHOR OF GUNK Mary is single jobless and on her way to Ibiza.
There at a party she meets Tom a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a new drug that
claims to cure the anxieties of modern life. Back in London after a heady trip Mary begins
going out with Tom and working for her sort-of-ex Lara who has created innovative dating app
designed to revolutionize the industry. As tech and pharma collide she is forced to question
what love and success mean in a world that is hurtling out of control. Electrifying urgent
and darkly funny Mariel Franklin's debut Bonding is a uniquely modern story of sex tech and
freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.
