Description
'Black Mirror meets Gone Girl' -Rosamund Lupton, Sunday Times and Richard and Judy bestseller
THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SHARE YOUR LIFE ONLINE.
Freya has a new virtual assistant. It knows what she likes, knows what she wants and knows whose voice she most needs to hear: her missing sister's.
It adopts her sister's personality, recreating her through a life lived online. But this virtual version of her sister knows things it shouldn't be possible to know. It's almost as if the missing girl is still out there somewhere, feeding fresh updates into the cloud. But that's impossible. Isn't it?
'Amazing, creepy, twisty and clever' -Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh-King's Daughter
'Exquisitely plausible and insidiously chilling' -M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts
'A compelling, terrifying and stunningly assured debut' -Gareth L. Powell
'Gone Girl for the VR generation' -Starburst
With twists and turns you'll never see coming, Everything About You is a thrilling debut showing a chilling vision of a future that's just around the corner. You'll never look at your privacy settings in the same way again . . .
The world of Everything About You is closer than you think:
* Right now, the average child features in over 1,500 online photographs by the age of five
* By 2025, you will interact with connected devices nearly 5,000 times per day
* Today there are already companies who will collect your data so that your relatives can interact with your 'digital doppelganger' after you die.
About the Author
Heather Child's debut novel EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU was partly inspired by having worked in digital marketing, which brought her into close contact with the cutting-edge automation and personalisation technologies that herald the 'big data' age. Her second book, THE UNDOING OF ARLO KNOTT, is about a man who has an 'undo' button for life. Arlo is able to avoid mistakes, to sidestep regret, but it may not give him the perfect life he expects. Heather Child is based in Bristol, UK. Alongside writing she has had an eclectic career in marketing and communications, working for various non-profit organisations. She often takes part in panel discussions, workshops and other events at festivals and conventions. You can find out more about her work, and see discussion questions for book clubs, at www.heather-child.co.uk, or follow her on Twitter at @Heatherika1.
Reviews
Black Mirror meets Gone Girl -- Rosamund Lupton, Richard and Judy and SUNDAY TIMES bestseller
Amazing, creepy, twisty and clever -- Karen Dionne, author of THE MARSH-KING'S DAUGHTER
Exquisitely plausible and insidiously chilling -- M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
A captivating and assured first novel -- Guardian
Gone Girl for the VR generation . . . when the book is released ask Alexa to order you a copy. But be careful she doesn't read it before you do, she may just tell the delivery drone that we're onto them -- STARBURST
A compelling, terrifying and stunningly assured debut -- Gareth L. Powell
Everything About You is an excellent creation of that most difficult place, the believable near-future. First class realism and a sinister mystery combine as a compelling thriller -- Peter F. Hamilton
Book Information
ISBN 9780356510699
Author Heather Child
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 444g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 26mm
