Hey, Zoey

Hey, Zoey is a novel that explores the painful truths of modern-day connection and the complicated and unexpected forms that love can take in a lifetime. It is a provocative, tender, and darkly funny story that delves into the lives of three women, Dolores, Zoey, and David, and their relationships with each other and with technology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Inventive, astute, and funny, Observer is a novel that delves into the painful truths of modern-day connections and the myriad of complicated and unexpected forms that love can take throughout a lifetime. As exhilarating as it is thought-provoking, this book is a love triangle, albeit with a unique twist. The Guardian describes it as "highly original, deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard-hitting," while Claire Kilroy praises it as "funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable."

Imagine discovering an animatronic sex doll hidden in the garage. What would you do? Dolores, at first, does nothing. She assumes the doll belongs to her husband, David, and their relationship is already strained. They are not young, they are not old; they have no children, they keep up with the markers of being middle class, and Dolores is well-versed in keeping men's secrets. But then, Dolores and Zoey start to talk. 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.

Hey, Zoey is a propulsive story of love, family, and trauma in our tech-buffered age of alienation, as strange as it is familiar. Brilliant, provocative, and darkly funny, Sarah Dunn praises it as "unique, refreshing, and revelatory." Helen Cullen describes it as "a singular writer with her own style and conviction," while the Irish Times hails it as "a thought-provoking and emotionally charged novel that will leave readers pondering long after they have turned the last page."

The beauty of its prose keeps the reader gripped, as the characters navigate their way through the complexities of love, loss, and self-discovery. This is a novel that makes you think, and it makes you feel. It is a testament to the power of storytelling and the ability of literature to touch our hearts and minds in profound ways.

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 223 x 145 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526619860