{"product_id":"the-cybernetic-tea-shop-9781989646144","title":"The Cybernetic Tea Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003eClara Gutierrez is an AI repair technician and a wanderer. Her childhood with her migrant worker family has left her uncomfortable with lingering for too long, so she moves from place to place across retro-futuristic America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSal is a fully autonomous robot. Older than the law declaring her kind illegal due to ethical concerns, she is at best out of place in society and at worst vilified. She continues to run the tea shop previously owned by her long-dead master, lost in memories of the past, struggling to fulfill her master's dream for the shop while slowly breaking down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey meet by chance, but as they begin to spend time together, they both start to wrestle with the concept of moving on...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA F\/F retro-future sci-fi asexual romance. A story about artificial intelligence and real kindness, about love, and the feeling of watching steam rising softly from a teacup on a bright and quiet morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9985430\"\u003eMeredith Katz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Cryptid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989646144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 198964614X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027210\"\u003eRomance | LGBTQ+ | Lesbian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Cryptid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44421249958027,"sku":"9781989646144","price":12.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_06f9b02c-2554-45f2-a935-2f0c2d728960.jpg?v=1761661328","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-cybernetic-tea-shop-9781989646144","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}