Bonding: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide and the stories we tell

and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive

Oona Lee arrives on Salassandra determined to light the yellow beacon and continue her quest to save the Five Worlds from the evil Mimic's influence

She is excited but scared of being bullied because of her gender identity and expression

Chadwick Boseman

and those who don't connect with the foods of yesterday may feel as though a part of their heritage is missing

Bonding: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide and the stories we tellElectrifying, sharp, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's first novel, Bonding, is a story of sex, tech, and pharmaceuticals in the tangle of our digital age. Mary is exhausted by an endless cycle of casual relationships and unstable work. When she loses her job yet again, she jumps on a plane to Ibiza. There, at a party, she meets Tom, a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a drug made to cure the anxieties of modern life. Back in London after