About the book: 2019 / Eating tangerines, working in the morning light and... amputating the phalanx of the index finger on the right hand. What recommendations will you hear from the happiness machine? Pearl works for a huge corporation. According to a patented scheme, it makes everyone happier. The mechanism's advice can be absurd. But Pearl likes the work, and the clients are happy. Except for her own teenage son Rhett. They say that “happiness is Apricity».