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Title details for The Glass Woman by Alice McIlroy, Alice - Available

The Glass Woman

by Alice McIlroy, Alice
Rosalind Lailey
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A riveting psychological thriller that explores the tensions that rise when you can no longer trust those you love.
Black Mirror meets Before I Go to Sleep by way of Severence
When you wake up without your memories, who can you really trust?
Iris Henderson wakes up in a hospital bed alone, with no memory of why or how she got there. Moments later, she is introduced to her husband Marcus, a man she does not even recognise. And things only get stranger from there.
Iris is told that she volunteered to be the first test-subject for a ground-breaking AI therapy, and that she is the pioneering scientist behind the experimental treatment.
Whilst everyone warns her to leave it alone, a confused Iris continually scratches beneath the surface of her seemingly happy marriage and successful career, setting a catastrophic chain of events in motion. 
Secrets will be revealed that have the capacity to destroy her whole life, but Iris can’t stop digging…

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  • Release date

    January 2, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781915523266
      • File size: 246071 KB
      • Duration: 08:32:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      December 1, 2023
      Iris awakens in a hospital with tubes and wires snaking around her body, a robotic nurse at her bedside, and no memory of the past eight years. A strange visitor claiming to be Iris' husband explains that Iris signed up, completely voluntarily, for a groundbreaking scientific procedure to wipe years of traumatic memories for a chance at a fresh start. But Ariel, the AI-enabled chip embedded in Iris' frontal lobe, and Iris' pioneering medical team have vastly different goals for Iris' recovery. In her thriller debut, McIlroy deftly shifts her narrative style according to the setting of each chapter: short, declarative sections set in the hospital contrast with the flowery, descriptive prose used to illustrate hazy memories. McIlroy packs a lot into this slim novel, calling into question the permanence of memory, the infallibility of technology, and the trustworthiness of those we love. Taking central themes of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Severance (the show), and Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island to new dramatic heights, McIlroy's well-paced novel will keep readers guessing until the final pages.

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