St. Martin's Press
December 2023
On Sale: December 5, 2023
320 pages ISBN: 1250283361 EAN: 9781250283368 Kindle: B0BQGGRCR4 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
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 white, corporate feminism,
Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our
own world, in all its beauty and horror.
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