{"product_id":"make-me-better","title":"Make Me Better","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Gailey is a \n\u003ci\u003eHugo\u003c\/i\u003e Award and \n\u003ci\u003eBritish Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. They have written comics for \n\u003ci\u003eMarvel, EC, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003e BOOM! Studios\u003c\/i\u003e, including multiple original series. They are the editor and publisher of \n\u003ci\u003eStone Soup\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eLove Letters: Reasons To Be Alive.\u003c\/i\u003e You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With a gloriously creepy atmosphere, unreliable narrators on every page, and a story that will hurt in the best way possible, this is absolutely Gailey at their finest.\" -- Katee Robert, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Emotionally arresting, deliciously provocative, impossible to predict, \n\u003ci\u003eMAKE ME BETTER\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular novel by a singular artist. I loved it. Sarah Gailey--your mind!\" -- Courtney Summers, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eSadie\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMake Me Better\u003c\/i\u003e is a hypnotic tide pool of a novel, a habitat of horror teeming with all types of taxonomies of folkish frights. It is a dizzying display of unwell wellness, encrusted in the brine of belief systems unfamiliar and curdled, that sucks you right in and never lets you up for air.\" -- Clay McLeod Chapman, author of \n\u003ci\u003eWake Up and Open Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gailey does impressive work .....Readers are sure to be unsettled.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...A crash course in how people can be manipulated by promises of purpose and belonging. The folk horror feel of Gailey's must-read novel might remind readers of Ari Aster's movie \n\u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e, while others might read this thoughtful book and think of George Orwell's \n\u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gailey is a chameleonic master of their trade... \n\u003ci\u003eMake Me Better \u003c\/i\u003eis weird in all the best ways. Go get lost in it. And put your feet in the water.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Devastatingly compelling, with emotional and eerie images that will last long after the final page.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spanning 16 years and incorporating multiple perspectives and flashbacks, Sarah Gailey's twist-filled cult story is a thrilling ride.\" -- Bookpage \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most honest and unflinching depictions of a cult I've ever read in fiction. The result is a work of stunning verisimilitude, and since it's a horror novel, that means we don't just witness the dread, but embody it.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rewards with a multifaceted portrait of a community that's anything but well.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBook Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Sarah Gailey\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gailey is one of those rare writers who jumps from genre to genre with virtuosic ease.\" --Emily C. Hughes, \n\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sarah Gailey knows how to build the heck out of a world. Cooked right, science fiction and murder mysteries taste great together, and Gailey layers those ingredients together with a chef's kiss.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sarah Gailey has adroitly woven suspense into science fiction and fantasy... I love a thriller that engages with the current true-crime craze, especially when it calls out us readers for our morbid fascination.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003e Just Like Home\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gailey's Just Like Home represents ... the ultimate kindness of horror, where we're often allowed a chance to see outcasts find love and acceptance amidst the blood and viscera.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e― \n\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Echo Wife\u003c\/i\u003e puts a fresh sci-fi twist to a well-worn dramatic story about the cheating husband.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sarah Gailey's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Echo Wife \u003c\/i\u003eis a creepily personal rendition of what happens when a man in your life wishes you were a doll instead....It's gross, and totally engrossing.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fans of \n\u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies, The Island, Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003e Killing Eve\u003c\/i\u003e will love this gripping, skillfully told firecracker of a book.-- \n\u003ci\u003eBookpage \u003c\/i\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eThe Echo Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For those familiar with Gailey's work, expect this one to offer familiar pleasures and some new surprises. And for those who aren't, well, get ready.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, on The Echo Wife \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gailey has done it again, creating an utterly unique sci-fi thriller. Equal parts unsettling and unputdownable, readers will cringe as they tear through this eerie tale, unable to look away from the ethical monstrosity that is \n\u003ci\u003eThe Echo Wife.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nerd Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Somehow [ \n\u003ci\u003eSpread Me\u003c\/i\u003e] is both terrifying and tantalizing... the true gift here, though, is Gailey's character work--[these fully-realized individuals] truly feel alive.\"--Chuck Wendig, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWanderers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/27\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9781250851758, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/23\/2026 (EAN 9781250851758, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250851758, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eGailey, Sarah\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Gailey is a Hugo Award and British Fantasy Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. 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