{"product_id":"bonding-paperback","title":"Bonding - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMariel Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectrifying, sharp, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's first novel, \u003ci\u003eBonding\u003c\/i\u003e, is a story of sex, tech, and pharmaceuticals in the tangle of our digital age. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary is exhausted by an endless cycle of casual relationships and unstable work. When she loses her job yet again, she jumps on a plane to Ibiza. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere, at a party, she meets Tom, a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a drug made to cure the anxieties of modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in London after a heady trip, Mary runs into her volatile and driven sort-of-ex Lara, who has channeled her ambitions into an innovative dating app designed to revolutionize the industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mary begins working for Lara and falling for Tom, tech and pharma collide with shocking consequences, forcing her to question what love and success mean in a world that is hurtling out of control. A searing, elegiac satire of the way we live and work, Mariel Franklin's perceptive and unnerving \u003ci\u003eBonding\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of a blazing new talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariel Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e lives and works in London. She has an MA in English from Edinburgh University and later went on to study fine art at Goldsmiths. After graduating, she spent several years working in data administration in the tech industry. \u003ci\u003eBonding \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.17 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994661650733,"sku":"9780374619602","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/vGScs93Jd29780374619602.webp?v=1776365430","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/bonding-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}