Bonding

Mary takes a spontaneous trip to Ibiza after losing her job, finds herself in a love triangle and entangled in a potentially groundbreaking dating app, Openr and antidepressant, Eudaxa. A dystopian deep dive into the world of tech startups, fine art and pharmaceuticals, this novel is thrilling and frightening. Franklin explores the effects of a data driven world of marketing and an individual-led society on sex and relationships. Mary yearns for love in a world which is increasingly detached from connection in what is a super modern and pretty tragic portrait of contemporary British society.