Animal instinct a novel

It's spring of 2020 and Rachel Bloomstein--mother of three, recent divorcee, and Brooklynite--is stuck inside. But her newly awakened sexual desire and lust for a new life refuse to be contained. Leaning on her best friend Lulu to show her the ropes, Rachel dips a toe in the online dating world, lea...

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Main Author: Shearn, Amy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2025]
Edition:[Hardcover edition].
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Summary:It's spring of 2020 and Rachel Bloomstein--mother of three, recent divorcee, and Brooklynite--is stuck inside. But her newly awakened sexual desire and lust for a new life refuse to be contained. Leaning on her best friend Lulu to show her the ropes, Rachel dips a toe in the online dating world, leading to park dates with younger men, flirtations with beautiful women, and actual, in-person sex. None of them, individually, are perfect--hence her rotation. But what if one person could perfectly cater to all her emotional needs? Driven by this possibility, Rachel creates Frankie, the AI chatbot she programs with all the good parts of dating in middle age--and some of the bad. But as Rachel plays with her fantasy to her heart's content, she begins to realize she can't reprogram her ex-husband, her children, her friends, or the roster of paramours that's grown unwieldy. Perhaps, real life has more in store for Rachel than she could ever program for herself.
Physical Description:274 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780593718339
059371833X
Author Notes:Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of 5 critically acclaimed novels including Animal Instinct, Unseen City , and The Mermaid of Brooklyn . Her work has appeared in the New York Times Modern Love column , Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Oprah, Coastal Living, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Catapult, The Millions, The Rumpus, and many other publications. Amy has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and lives in Brooklyn, where she teaches writing, works individually with writers, and runs writing retreats.