Hey, Zoey

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One of our most original writers' John Boyne Imagine discovering an animatronic sex doll hidden in your garage, attached to the home you share with your husband. It is - obviously - his. What would you do What Dolores initially does is nothing. Her relationship with her husband, David, a doctor, is already strained. Theyre not young, theyre not old; they have no children, they keep up with the markers of being middle class and Dolores is well versed in keeping mens secrets. But of course she cant stay quiet forever - when she finally confronts her husband, he moves out; and she moves Zoey, the doll in. Who else is she going to talk to And Zoey is designed to be compliant, attentive, interested and appealing. As the narrative weaves back into Dolores past alongside the present she reckons with her complicated childhood alongside navigating the breakdown - or not - of her marriage. With Zoey as her constant companion. Sarah Crossan is an infinitely gifted writer. We're lucky to have her Jan Carson Sarah is such a magnificent writer Cecelia Ahern

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Brilliant, provocative, and darkly funny, Sarah Crossans 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
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. Youve 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
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 Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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 isnt afraid to push the bruise! -- HELEN CULLEN, author of The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually

Author Bio

Sarah Crossan grew up in Dublin and London. Her books for children and teenagers have won many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, the CBI Book of the Year, the YA Book Prize, and the CLiPPA Poetry Award. Her first novel for adults, Here Is The Beehive, was published in 2020 to critical acclaim, and was shortlisted for Popular Fiction Book of the Year in the AN Post Irish Book Awards Sarahs novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She currently lives and works in East Sussex.