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Siri, Who Am I? : A Novel

Tschida, Sam, 1979- (Author). Cloud. (Added Author).

-- One of -- One of POPSUGAR's A Millennial with amnesia uses her Instagram account to piece together her identity in this hilarious and whip-smart comedy about the ups and downs of influencer culture. Mia might look like a Millennial but she was born yesterday. Emerging from a coma with short-term amnesia after an accident, Mia can't remember her own name until the Siri assistant on her iPhone provides it. Based on her cool hairstyle (undercut with glamorous waves), dress (Prada), and signature lipstick (Chanel), she senses she's wealthy, but the only way to know for sure is to retrace her steps once she leaves the hospital. Using Instagram and Uber, she arrives at the pink duplex she calls home in her posts but finds Max, a cute, off-duty postdoc supplementing his income with a house-sitting gig. He tells her the house belongs to JP, a billionaire with a chocolate empire. A few texts later, JP confirms her wildest dreams: they're in love, Mia is living the good life, and he'll be back that weekend. But as Mia and Max work backward through her Instagram and across Los Angeles to learn more about her, they discover an ugly truth behind her perfect Instagram feed, and evidence that her head wound was no accident. Did Mia have it coming? And if so, is it too late for her to rewrite her story?

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  • ISBN: 9781683691693
  • Physical Description 1 online resource 352 pages
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Quirk Books, 2021.

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A young woman with amnesia must use social media to figure out who she is in this quirky mystery. Mia wakes up in an LA hospital dressed in Prada and a tiara with a massive head wound and no idea who she is. The trauma of the injury has caused amnesia, and the doctor says time in familiar surroundings will help her remember. Unfortunately, the only reason she even knows her own name is because of her phone. Having retained a wide knowledge of pop culture and Twitter muscle memory but no clue about herself, she takes to her social media profiles to discover who she is. An Instagram photo of a house with the hashtag #homesweethome leads her to think she might be on the right track. Upon entering the house, however, she meets Max, a grad student who says he's housesitting for a French billionaire, not Mia. With Max at her side, Mia attempts to figure out what exactly is going on before she runs out of money or the true owner of the house comes back. Tschida's debut shines in its prose, maintaining a light, chatty tone as Mia narrates her struggles, complete with footnotes when appropriate. Despite not knowing who she is, Mia has a strong personality that will endear her to the reader, who will worry for her as the plot twists and turns. The dynamic between Mia and Max is playful and fun, keeping the mood light even when things start getting darker. Tschida's a deft hand at characterization and dialogue; characters jump off the page and interact in interesting ways. The mystery isn't easily solved, and the journey to the solution is clever and enjoyable. A strong debut that's fun and funny, perfect for lovers of modern romantic comedies and light mysteries. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Mia wakes up in the hospital, bruised and beaten, with no memory of how she got there or who she is. Her phone quickly points her to her Instagram account, where she's delighted to learn that she's an influential and, very possibly, rich woman with a hot boyfriend. Still wearing the Prada dress she had on when she landed in the hospital, Mia uses her old social media posts to locate what she hopes is her house. It turns out to be the house of the hot boyfriend, owner of a chocolate empire, currently occupied by a house sitter, Max, who's kind of cute himself. Setting out with just her phone for clues, Mia and Max work to piece her life back together, hot on the trail of who put her in the hospital, and why. The mystery takes a back seat to the fun ride, but readers may just be left thinking about how social media alters our perceptions of one another and ourselves. Tschida's debut is a millennial Bridget Jones Diary meets Legally Blonde.

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Tschida's breezy rom-com debut sees a woman with amnesia trying to piece together her identity with only her Instagram account as a guide. When Mia Wallace wakes up in an L.A. hospital, she has a phone and a designer party dress but no memory of who she is. She follows clues on her social media to a mansion she assumes is her house, only to be met by a cute, bewildered housesitter named Max who has never heard of her. Max agrees to help, and the pair crisscross the city following leads about her life. Max proves the perfect confidant and the bond they form as Mia rediscovers herself is more real to her than any of the alarming things she learns about her past. But as more unsavory facts about Mia's life come to light, she has to figure out how to set the new Mia on a better course than the woman she used to be. Mia's narrative voice--punctuated with hashtags, chat-speak, and humorous footnotes--won't be for everyone, but the mystery of her identity is fun and satisfying. This entertaining romance puts a cute twist on the genre. Agent: Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Literary. (May)