A disgraced marine biologist joins a vaccine trial during a deadly pandemic, revisiting her past through experimental memory technology as the world collapses.
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A disgraced marine biologist joins a vaccine trial during a deadly pandemic, revisiting her past through experimental memory technology as the world collapses.
A Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Gizmodo, Shondaland, LitHub & Tor.com Best Book of Summer and Good Housekeeping Best Book of 2023 So Far. "A haunting novel of second chances."-- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review From the award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days , Swimming Lessons , Bitter Orange , and Unsettled Ground comes a beautiful and searing novel of memory, love, survival--and octopuses. In the face of a pandemic, an unprepared world scrambles to escape the mysterious dis...
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Past love affair revisited via memory tech; bond with fellow volunteer
Pandemic deaths and urban chaos; disease causes nerve damage and death
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No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonic content present
Animal testing ethics, scientific responsibility, and survival morality
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Animal captivity and lab testing themes; family trauma; isolation
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