From the acclaimed author of Here is the Beehive comes a provocative and compelling dive into alienation and the sinister possibilities of modern tech, as a frustrated middle-class woman unexpectedly finds a connection with an animatronic sex doll.
Imagine discovering an animatronic sex doll hidden in the garage. What would you do?
Dolores initially does nothing. She assumes the doll belongs to her husband, David, and their relationship is already strained. They’re not young, they’re 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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526619860
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 216 x 135 mm
'Highly inventive, astute and funny ... A thought-provoking reflection on loneliness, love and the search for connection' - Observer
Hilarious … Crossan’s deadpan style is bone-dry, and Dolores’s conversations with Zoey are the best bits of all - Daily Mail
Deep, relatable, depressing, and darkly funny ... Crossan has a knack for capturing utterly normal conversations and trains of thought in ways that are arresting ... Propelled by its style and by the beauty of its prose … Keeps the reader gripped until the last page … It is a deep exploration of the intricacies of human connections and intimacy, as well as an examination of trauma (especially childhood trauma) and its ability to influence our lives, even if we are determined not to let it do so - Irish Independent
This novel is as rip-roaring as it is thought provoking - i
'A singular writer with her own style and conviction ... Thought-provoking ... How do we write about trauma? Ask Sarah Crossan' - Irish Times
Dark humour and offbeat tenderness enhance the intense readability of a book that has plenty to say about contemporary intimacy - Mail on Sunday
Funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable. Hey, Zoey is a searing novel about true intimacy and the things humans will do to protect themselves from it. You’ve never read anything quite like it, and only Sarah Crossan could have written it - ERIN KELLY, million-copy bestselling author of The Skeleton Key and Watch Her Fall
Brilliant, provocative, and darkly funny, Sarah Crossan’s Hey, Zoey explores the impossibility of connection, and the things we hide from ourselves and the people we love - SARAH DUNN, bestselling author of The Arrangement
Examining how humanity can be found in unexpected places, one of our most inventive writers, Sarah Crossan, blends comedy, drama and heartbreak in a novel that is as surprising as it is memorable - JOHN BOYNE, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
Hey, Zoey is unique, refreshing and revelatory. Sarah Crossan excels at subtle subversion, marrying delicious dark wit with deep empathy to produce work that reads the zeitgeist perfectly. This stylish, provocative novel isn’t afraid to push the bruise! - HELEN CULLEN, author of The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually
This darkly funny modern love story had me gripped all the way from its compelling opening to its unexpectedly moving and worrying conclusion. Hey, Zoey offers a sharp and sometimes shocking exploration of relationships between friends, lovers and family. It’s intriguing, fresh, and satisfyingly complex; it makes you think, and it makes you feel - LESLEY GLAISTER, author of Little Egypt
Hey, Zoey is a flight of the imagination mapping the twilight zone of broken love. Highly original, deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard hitting, Crossan is elegantly devastating in her ability to evoke our tender, unguarded selves - CLAIRE KILROY, author of Solider Sailor
Readers will enjoy this astute page-turner - Publisher's Weekly
Easy to read and equally hard to forget - Kirkus, Starred Review
Weird and wild ... You won't be able to put it down - VIP Magazine
A love triangle, but with a twist - Guardian
A funny, insightful tale of love and complicated families - Marie Claire
A roller-coaster read - Heat
From the first paragraph you know that Hey, Zoey is going to be something special … A well-paced journey … Dark and foreboding, yet light and moving… Crossan embraces silence on the page and never overstates the obvious. What is left unsaid are among the parts that shout the loudest - Independent
Full of microaggressions, cultural touchpoints, and self-reflection, Hey, Zoey uses AI sentience to consider the issue of women’s autonomy from a new angle. A page-turner ... But the real surprise and delight of Hey, Zoey is the compelling story and captivating conversation - AP
Hey, Zoey’s ability to provoke feelings throughout and past the novel is ambitious and edgy, making it another intense and intelligent work from Irish novelist Sarah Crossan, who plays with human emotions and language in a deeply memorable and idiosyncratic way. There aren’t many books — or authors — that prompt you to inquire within yourself after the last words have left the page - ourculture Magazine
A startlingly fantastic and original novel. One of my books of the year - Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait
Every single word and phrase Sarah Crossan writes is wonderful and this is no exception. Written in prose ( she usually writes incredibly powerful YA verse novels) this is an adult novel about a woman who finds her... More
Firstly, thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
This is an adult read from Sarah rather than a teen read - but let's be honest I love all her books.
Hey, Zoey is a thought provoking read on so...
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Well written, intriguing and fun. Unusual novel, a lot of dark humour and a relatable protagonist (and a sex doll).
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