My Child, the Algorithm
20 July 2023Imprint: Footnote Press
Synopsis
** A Granta Book of the Year 2023 **
'Raises the stakes for the rest of us writers' ISABEL WAIDNER
'An important new talent' FIONA SHAW
'Curious, queer, whip-smart, hilarious and tender' GAIL MCCONNELL
A living exploration of undoing and redoing queer single parenting and love, in conversation with an AI algorithm and a toddler.
As Hannah Silva navigates friendship, dating and life as a...
'Raises the stakes for the rest of us writers' ISABEL WAIDNER
'An important new talent' FIONA SHAW
'Curious, queer, whip-smart, hilarious and tender' GAIL MCCONNELL
A living exploration of undoing and redoing queer single parenting and love, in conversation with an AI algorithm and a toddler.
As Hannah Silva navigates friendship, dating and life as a...
Details
20 July 2023272 pages
9781804440407Imprint: Footnote Press
Reviews
My Child, the Algorithm redoes what autobiography is. Funny, inventive and moving, it raises the stakes for the rest of us writersIsabel Waidner, author of STERLING KARAT GOLD
Hannah breaks all the rules in order to refresh our minds. No writer I know in drama is as brave or as vulnerable. She talks to another hinterland of the mind. She writes like she is climbing a mountain naked.... an important new talentFiona Shaw
Curious, queer, whip-smart, hilarious and tender. Just read it. Hannah Silva is my favourite male seahorseGail McConnell
A bold and inventive meditation on the complexities of motherhood. I loved itIrenosen Okojie, author of NUDIBRANCH