Sunny has to deal with her anger that Bubber is not “normal,” and of course blames Maxon. Yet they have children, deal with parents, cope with the losses and triumphs of life, love, and are loved, nevertheless.ĭiscussion: Not only does Sunny’s husband have Asperger syndrome (AS) but their son Bubber does as well. In the process she discovers that in fact no one is really perfect, no matter what their external appearances suggest. This story is all about how Sunny goes from being a robot who can’t fully do those things to a person who can. Trust data from a previously unreliable source (FORGIVE) She felt every bit as much of a robot as those that Maxon built.Īnd in fact, Maxon’s robots were very humanistic, except for three qualities he had not yet been able to program: There are expectations of a mother, she thought she must fill a role. She was obsessed with being “normal,” because that’s what she thought a mother should be. The idea of being a mother was terrifying to Sunny. Sunny was born without any hair anywhere on her body, but after she became pregnant with her first child, “Bubber,” she started wearing a wig, as well as false eyebrows and false eyelashes.
Her husband, Maxon, is a brilliant Nobel-prize winner with Asperger syndrome who is on his way to the moon with other astronauts to try to set up a colony there with the aid of robots Maxon designed. This story is about Sunny Mann, pregnant with her second child, and living the “Stepford” life in Norfolk, Virginia.
Lydia Netzer is a very quirky, creative author whose riffs on reality may not appeal to all readers, but I love the books she has written.
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