{"product_id":"hum-hardcover","title":"Hum - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed Most Anticipated by Goodreads, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, this \"tense dystopian thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) captures an urgent and unflinching portrayal of a woman's fight for her family's security in a world shaped by global warming and rapid technological progress.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a city addled by climate change and populated by intelligent robots called \"hums,\" May loses her job to artificial intelligence. In a desperate bid to resolve her family's debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeeking some reprieve from her recent hardships and from her family's addiction to their devices, she splurges on passes that allow them three nights' respite inside the Botanical Garden: a rare green refuge where forests, streams, and animals flourish. But her insistence that her son, daughter, and husband leave their devices at home proves far more fraught than she anticipated, and the lush beauty of the Botanical Garden is not the balm she hoped it would be. When her children come under threat, May is forced to put her trust in a hum of uncertain motives as she works to restore the life of her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in taut, urgent prose, \u003ci\u003eHum\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of speculative fiction that unflinchingly explores marriage, motherhood, and selfhood in a world compromised by global warming and dizzying technological advancement, a world of both dystopian and utopian possibilities. As \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer says, \"Helen Phillips, in typical bravura fashion, has found a way to make visible uncomfortable truths about our present by interrogating the near-future.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Phillips is the author of six books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Need\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award nominee and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Her collection \u003ci\u003eSome Possible Solutions\u003c\/i\u003e received the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Bureaucrat \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. A professor at Brooklyn College, she lives in Brooklyn with artist\/cartoonist Adam Douglas Thompson and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45468333965356,"sku":"9781668008836","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/dfwltvg9dM9781668008836.webp?v=1776685598","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/hum-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}