{"product_id":"tell-the-machine-goodnight-paperback","title":"Tell the Machine Goodnight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR 2018 KIRKUS PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE \"BEST LITERARY FICTION OF 2018' BY KIRKUS REVIEWS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sci-fi in its most perfect expression...Reading it is like having a lucid dream of six years from next week, filled with people you don't know, but will.\" --\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Williams's] wit is sharp, but her touch is light, and her novel is a winner.\" - \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Between seasons of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, look to Katie Williams' debut novel.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmart and inventive, a page-turner that considers the elusive definition of happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePearl's job is to make people happy. As a technician for the Apricity Corporation, with its patented happiness machine, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being \u003ci\u003eunhappy\u003c\/i\u003e. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of \"pursuit of happiness.\" As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhett--but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her job--not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, \u003ci\u003eTell the Machine Goodnight\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about the advance of technology and the ways that it can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatie Williams's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Subtropics\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Williams earned her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches writing and literature at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She is the author of two young adult novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsent\u003c\/i\u003e. This is her first novel for adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2018)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756529058080,"sku":"9780525533139","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/27e4110034761c5b9a8618cc2ae443e5.webp?v=1780080650","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tell-the-machine-goodnight-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}