The Candy House by Jennifer Egan / BOOK OR BUNDLE - Starting at $18!

 CLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIOBOOK COPY  BOOK SYNOPSIS "Mesmerizing...A thought-provoking examination of how and why we change." - People An "inventive, effervescent" (Oprah Daily) novel about the memory and quest for authenticity and human connection. The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is "one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis." Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own Your Unconscious" - which allows you access to every memory you've ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of others - has seduced multitudes. In the world of Egan's spectacular imagination, there are "counters" who track and exploit desires and there are "eluders,"