
The Echo Wife
by Sarah Gailey
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Pub Date Feb 16 2021 | Archive Date Jan 27 2022
Macmillan-Tor/Forge | Tor Books
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Description
Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife is “a trippy domestic thriller which takes the extramarital affair trope in some intriguingly weird new directions.”--Entertainment Weekly
I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married.
It took me so long to hate him.
Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be.
And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband.
Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up.
Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.
Advance Praise
Evelyn, an award-winning scientist in the field of cloning, helps her ex-husband’s new wife to cover up a night of rather irresponsible, bloody activities that could threaten her future career. Forced to clean up after her cowardly husbands mistakes, assisted by a clone of herself, Evelyn questions her right to 'play God' in her field and where, if ever, that responsibility should end. Sarah Gailey writes yet another page turner, exploring loneliness and a crisis of identity that begs the question, if there was no one in your life who'd notice if you were replaced by a clone, is that a worthy life at all? The Echo Wife is a speculative thriller reminiscent of Ex Machina that’ll have dark thoughts sliding under your skin and remaining there indefinitely."
-Leah Atlee, Bright Side Bookshop
"Sarah Gailey continues to astound and unsettle with THE ECHO WIFE, a razor-sharp exploration of the toxic expectations placed upon and internalized by women. Mix Orphan Black with a hornet's nest of ambition, women in science, trauma, and reddit's r/AmITheAsshole and you've got a clone story that leaves you missing the bus stop, reading at dinner, and squirming in your seat uncomfortably. It's perfection, it kind of hurt my delicate sensibilities, and I loved every moment of the experience. This is the perfect sci-fi/feminist/suspense crossover to give every reader that comes through the doors in 2021!"
-Mariana N Calderon, Second Star to the Right Books
"Fans of The Wife Between Us and Black Mirror will love this brutally human story of betrayal and revenge! Evelyn is a scientist perfecting clone technology when she discovers her husband is having an affair with a cloned version of herself that he created: Martine, who has been programmed by Nathan to be a more perfect version of Evelyn. One night, Martine calls Evelyn pleading for help, and when someone ends up dead, they’ll do the unthinkable to ensure that no one uncovers the truth. Secrets, plot twists, and lies are unearthed, one shovelful at a time, and Gailey’s words jab you like shards of bone - sharp and just as disturbing. I still feel this book burrowing into my mind like dirt shoved deep under my fingernails."
-Jessica Dushame, White Birch Books
"WOW! I am totally enamored and loving THE ECHO WIFE! Sarah brings up so many philosophical questions while still writing a really intriguing science fiction novel. Really crazy stuff! I’ve been gasping my way through it!"
-Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana Books
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Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781250174666 |
PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 256 |
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