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Yours for the Taking

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Yours for the Taking

By: Gabrielle Korn
Narrated by: Jasmin Savoy Brown
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"Savoy Brown enters the characters fully and makes their emotional changes audible and stunning—doubting to dreamy, bored to curious, saccharine to unhinged."—AudioFile

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world.

Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women’s rights advocate, and thanks to a generous donation, she’s just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox, yet alluring—she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment.

Shelby, a business major from a working-class family, is drawn to Jacqueline’s promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline’s personal assistant, she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia, who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project, though, the more she realizes there's something much larger at play.

When Ava is accepted to live Inside and her girlfriend isn’t, she’s forced to go alone. But her heartbreak is quickly replaced with a feeling of belonging: Inside seems like it’s the safe space she’s been searching for… most of the time. Other times she can’t shake the feeling that something is deeply off. As she, Olympia, and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system, Jacqueline tightens her grip, becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do—and who she is willing to sacrifice—to keep her dream alive.

At once a mesmerizing story of queer love, betrayal, and chosen family, and an unflinching indictment of cis, corporate feminism, Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world, in all its beauty and horror.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2023 Gabrielle Korn (P)2023 Macmillan Audio
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"Korn manages to grapple with weighty topics while also delivering a compelling read, rife with twists."—Elle

"An alluring story of a feminist dystopia... Korn’s conceits are as provocative as her characters are well-rounded. Readers will eat up this distinctive work of climate fiction."—Publishers Weekly

"Korn's premise couldn't be more timely....this novel sparkles."—Kirkus Reviews

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Great premise!

I was hooked from chapter one and quickly had favourites I was rooting for. Highly recommend!

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Really excellent character and world building. I was so absorbed I found myself looking forward to walking the dog and commuting just so I could listen more. I felt entertained but also educated. Wonderful work. I will definitely keep an eye out for more by the author and the voice artist - who was also excellent.

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