![]() ![]() 'Exquisite' TAYARI JONES, Women's Prize-winning author of An American Marriage Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow takes us on a dazzling imaginative quest as it examines the nature of identity, creativity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play and, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Their collaborations make them superstars. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. ![]() ![]() When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. ![]() But all too soon that time is over, fades from view. Their love of video games becomes a shared world - of joy, escape and fierce competition. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. This is not a romance, but it is about love In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity' JOHN GREEN * NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller * RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PickJuly * Jimmy Fallon/TONIGHT SHOW Bookclub Pick August * GRAZIA Summer Reading Pick * Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised by being set in the world of creativity and video gaming ![]()
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