Toxic, Lydia Kang
Toxic, Lydia Kang
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Toxic

Author: Lydia Kang

Narrator: Vikas Adam, Amanda Ronconi

Unabridged: 11 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/20/2018


Synopsis

Hana isn't supposed to exist. She's grown up hidden by her mother in a secret room of the bioship Cyclo until the day her mother is simply gone—along with the entire crew. Cyclo tells her she was abandoned, but she's certain her mother wouldn't leave her there to die. And Hana isn't ready to die yet. She's never really had a chance to live.

Fenn is supposed to die. He and a crew of hired mercenaries are there to monitor Cyclo as she expires, and the payment for the suicide mission will mean Fenn's sister is able to live. But when he meets Hana, he's not sure how to save them both.

As Cyclo grows sicker by the day, they unearth more secrets about the ship and the crew. But the more time they spend together, the more Hana and Fenn realize that falling for each other is what could ultimately kill them both.

About Lydia Kang

Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction. She is a practicing physician who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and nonfiction have been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Great Weather for Media. She believes in science and knocking on wood, and lives in Omaha with her husband and three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meike

There is so much wrong in the world, but you know what? Sometimes, yes, sometimes we make progress: The way famous women were treated in the noughties are unthinkable today. We made it happen, folks. Sarah Ditum looks at the lives of nine women who were abused by the media and thus: the public (that......more

Goodreads review by Mel

I've been trying to put my finger on why I found this book so unsatisfying. As a female who was a 20-something in the noughties and very familiar with the gossip mag treatment of the women discussed in this book (Britney, Paris, Lindsey Lohan, Amy Winehouse, Kim K etc) I expected to feel more connec......more

Goodreads review by Katrisa

In this book Ditum takes us back to the early 2000’s to what she refers to as the “upskirt decade” because apparently there was a court case that said upskirt photos were ok because women couldn’t expect privacy in a public place (WTH?!?). And that just set the tone for celebrity coverage in the ear......more

Goodreads review by Ciara

Popular culture has recently turned the mirror on itself. Re-examinations of the way society devoured famous (or infamous) women for LOLs in the not-so-distant past have become a popular form of entertainment. Examples include the miniseries "Pam & Tommy" on Hulu, the several documentaries about Bri......more