Klara and the Sun

Klara is an AF, an Artificial Friend, and the story begins with her in a store, rotated by the Manager around the various parts of the store where she can be seen by potential customers. Klara especially enjoys being in the front windows where she has a great view of the Sun, with its healing lights. And eventually Klara is seen by a young girl, Josie, and her mother, and Klara is purchased and taken to live in Josie's home.

I'll try not to share any more of the plot because the development of the plot is part of the delight of this book. I think I can share that it is also the development of the character of Klara, with her gifts of careful observation and reflection and deep empathy for others, that is another of the delights of this book. Klara is both super-human in her knowledge of the world and childlike in her emotional intelligence, and this puts her in a spot where we can watch as she takes a fresh look from a highly intelligent stance at the things we take for granted as adult humans.

I'd love to hear what others make of this story. I think I'll go now and seek out others' reviews and thoughts.