March - April 2025 Selection
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn is a gripping and incisive dystopian novel set in 2050, when climate change has rendered the outside world virtually uninhabitable. Survival is guaranteed only to those accepted into The Inside Project—massive weather-safe structures funded by corporate sponsors and built atop the ruins of cities.
Jacqueline Millender, a billionaire feminist icon with a hidden agenda, envisions her Inside as a utopia for women only, but her definition of “womanhood” excludes trans women, nonbinary people and anyone outside her cisnormative ideals. The novel follows three interconnected characters caught in Jacqueline’s web: Ava, who enters the Inside alone after her girlfriend is denied admission; Shelby, a working-class business major swept into Jacqueline’s glamorous world as her personal assistant; and Olympia, a med school graduate recruited to oversee the health department. As cracks in Jacqueline’s system begin to show, the trio must grapple with betrayal, survival and their own complicity in a society built on exploitation.
Both a scathing satire and a poignant exploration of queer love, chosen family and resilience, Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our world, exposing the beauty and horror of power, privilege and the limits of corporate feminism.
Gabrielle Korn is the author of three books and the former editor in chief of Nylon Media. Her debut memoir Everybody (Else) Is Perfect was named the number one LGBTQ+ book of the year by Oprah Magazine and the best Jewish memoir of the year by Hey Alma. Her second book, the dystopian science fiction novel Yours For The Taking, was an Indie Next pick and a New York Times best book of the month. Its recent sequel, The Shutouts, has been called "another winner" by Publishers Weekly and "a perfect blend of sadness and hope" by Kirkus. Her writing has appeared across the internet for fifteen years, with bylines in Elle, McSweeney's, The Millions, Literary Hub, InStyle, Refinery29, Oprah Magazine, Autostraddle and more, as well as several anthologies. Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, she lived in New York for over 20 years before moving to LA with her wife, where together they run the Pink Door Artist & Writer residency.
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Author Talk: Gabrielle Korn in Conversation - Saturday, April 19, 4 p.m. PT, Koret Auditorium
Book Club: Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn - Tues, April 15, 7pm PT, Virtual Library
“The unfortunate truth is that climate change is coming for us faster than equal rights are. The data proves it: if we stay on our current course, women will not become truly equal to men before the world is made uninhabitable.“
― Gabrielle Korn, Yours for the taking
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