{"product_id":"9780857309150","title":"Every Version of You","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Grace Chan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Thriller \/ suspense | Science fiction | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by Verve Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 288 pages \u003cbr\u003e128mm x 197mm x 20mm | 198g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late-twenty-first-century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside an immersive, consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise and even eat in this digital utopia. Meanwhile, their aging bodies lie suspended in pods inside cramped apartments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Across the city, in the abandoned real world, Tao-Yi's mother remains stubbornly offline, dwindling away between hospital visits and memories of her earlier life in Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a new technology is developed to permanently upload a human brain to Gaia, Tao-Yi must decide what is most important: a digital future or an authentic past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55343289663863,"sku":"9780857309150","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780857309150.jpg?v=1750508795","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780857309150","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}