Made for Love A Novel
Made for Love A Novel by Alissa Nutting, published by HarperCollins on July 3, 2018, is a reprint edition comprising 320 pages. This novel presents a poignant and humorous exploration of love and the lengths individuals will go to escape it. The story follows Hazel, who moves into a trailer park with her father and his lifelike sex doll, Diane, after fleeing her controlling marriage to Byron Gogol, the CEO of a powerful corporation. As Hazel navigates her new life, she grapples with the challenges of her past and the peculiarities of her current surroundings.
Readers will find a narrative that blends absurdity with depth, focusing on themes of marriage, monogamy, and family dynamics. As Hazel attempts to establish her independence, Byron employs advanced technology to track her movements, leading to escalating tensions. The book delves into the complexities of relationships and the quest for personal freedom, all while maintaining a humorous tone. Made for Love offers a unique perspective on the intersection of love and technology, inviting readers into a world filled with eccentric characters and unexpected situations.
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY
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From the exciting and provocative writer of Tampa, a poignant, riotously funny story of how far some will go for love—and how far some will go to escape it.
Hazel has just moved into a trailer park of senior citizens, with her father and Diane—his extremely lifelike sex doll—as her roommates. Life with Hazel’s father is strained at best, but her only alternative seems even bleaker. She’s just run out on her marriage to Byron Gogol, CEO and founder of Gogol Industries, a monolithic corporation hell-bent on making its products and technologies indispensable in daily life. For over a decade, Hazel put up with being veritably quarantined by Byron in the family compound, her every movement and vital sign tracked. But when he demands to wirelessly connect the two of them via brain chips in a first-ever human “mind-meld,” Hazel decides what was once merely irritating has become unbearable. The world she escapes into is a far cry from the dry and clinical bubble she’s been living in, a world populated with a whole host of deviant oddballs.
As Hazel tries to carve out a new life for herself in this uncharted territory, Byron is using the most sophisticated tools at his disposal to find her and bring her home. His threats become more and more sinister, and Hazel is forced to take drastic measures in order to find a home of her own and free herself from Byron’s virtual clutches once and for all. Perceptive and compulsively readable, Made for Love is at once an absurd, raunchy comedy and a dazzling, profound meditation marriage, monogamy, and family.
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