{"product_id":"isaac-9781960247414","title":"Isaac","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Eleanor Lane, estranged from her family, makes the drive to her deceased father's house to arrange his funeral, she discovers Isaac, a care-bot. Isaac had been caring for her father ever since the incident six years ago, when her father, confused, accidentally cut her with a kitchen knife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor convinces her sister to let her take the care-bot home, beginning a new relationship with him despite herself. As she learns more about Isaac, she also discovers a caring, sensitive person in the android. He fills the void in her life created from her fear of connecting with others, and starts to reconnect Eleanor to how her fathers, John and Javi, met and fell in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is Isaac a replacement for human contact? For that matter, what is Isaac? A simple programmed construct, or a person who can grow and learn? Explore love, community, and what it means to be human in Allee Mead's debut book, Isaac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMead, Allee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Allee Mead is a writer from North Dakota. Her mom once bought her a pillow that says, \"I just want to read books, pet dogs, \u0026amp; drink tea,\" which sums her up pretty well, actually. She has had some short stories and poems published in literary journals and appeared on one episode of Jeopardy! in June 2024. Isaac is her first novella.","brand":"Space Wizard Science Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475046924562,"sku":"9781960247414","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ee35fbe-945a-4543-9c46-62c07f65a5e2.jpg?v=1752585600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/isaac-9781960247414","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}