This Week:
In episode 2 of this serialised novel, Cassandra struggles to process the shocking news of her best friend’s sudden death. As she navigates her husband Paul's responses to the tragedy, she must also figure out how to accomplish a difficult errand involving Olivia’s widow, Jack. And Paul’s insisting she take one of those ridiculous RoboTaxis…
Content warning: themes of death and grief
About Still There:
An unhappy marriage, a tragic loss, and a personal reckoning...Cassandra Wood is tumbling headlong into a full-fledged midlife crisis. The technological landscape isn't making things any easier, either: her husband makes her take RoboTaxis and electronically surveils her every move, she's expected to play the role of chief mourner on her late friend's creepy 'Memor-I-Am,' and she's started talking to a compelling stranger in some kind of virtual funeral home.
Suddenly Cassandra is thinking things could turn around for her...but will her new life online be her salvation, or her undoing?
About Elaine Kasket:
Elaine Kasket is a psychologist and cyberpsychologist known for All the Ghosts in the Machine and RESET: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life.
