Book Review: 'Hey, Zoey' uses questions about AI to look at women's autonomy in a new light

Dolores is going through the motions of life when she finds a potentially marriage-ending surprise in her garage: a high-end, lifelike sex doll imbued with artificial intelligence named Zoey. Dolores begins talking with Zoey, who becomes a conduit for confronting her own past. Sarah Crossan’s latest novel, “Hey, Zoey,” uses AI sentience to consider the issue of women’s autonomy from a new angle. Donna Edwards of The Associated Press says the novel begins funny before turning sad and then devastating. It's a page-turner full of cultural touchpoints, self-reflection and gallows humor. “Hey, Zoey” is out now from Little, Brown and Company.