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From the writer of the acclaimed I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, a satirical and moving book in the nature of Maria Semple and Jess Walter about a New York City tendency forecaster who sees herself attempting to overturn her own predictions, move from technology, and reclaim her center. Sloane Jacobsen is the most powerful trend forecaster on earth (she was the foreseer of "the swipe"), and global fashion, lifestyle, and tech companies pay to listen to her viewpoints about the future. Her recent forecasts on the family are unwavering: the world is overpopulated, and with unemployment, college costs, and food prices all on the rise, having children can be an extravagant indulgence. So it's no real surprise when the tech large Mammoth hires Sloane to lead their groundbreaking gross annual discussion, celebrating the voluntarily childless. But not significantly into her deal, Sloane starts to sense the undeniable signals of a movement against electronics that will see people embracing compassion, empathy, and "in-personism" again. She's struggling with the fact that her predictions are hopelessly out of sync with her employer's mission and that her closest personal romantic relationship has been her self-driving car when her spouse, the French "neo-sensualist" Roman Bellard, uncovers that he's about to submit an op-ed on the death of penetrative sex - a postsexual treatise that instantly goes viral. Despite the risks to her professional reputation, Sloane is nevertheless convinced that her instincts are the right ones and continues on a quest to guard real-life human conversation while finally allowing in the love and connectedness she's always been denying herself. A poignant and amusing call to arms that showcases her signature biting wit and eager eye, celebrated novelist Courtney Maum's new booklet is a moving research into what this means to be an individual in a globalized world.
