The Today I Am Carey Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.

I learned several things from this book.

Praise for Today I Am Carey: "Kindness, love, and compassion make Carey an empathetic character through which to view Shoemaker's complex, beautiful world. .

But the quote above, from one of his characters, made me think and made me understand life just a little more clearly. . .

Carey’s development as a character is fascinating. Today I Am Carey Martin L. Shoemaker REMARKABLE DEBUT NOVEL FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR MARTIN L. SHOEMAKER. . The Today I Am Carey Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Carey is a special unique android designed as a caretaker (get it -Carey), and more particularly an empath who is designed to caretake the elderly suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia and to emulate the people they think they are seeing. takes readers on a journey of self-discovery, coming of age, and ultimately life itself. But not just any android.

"Today I Am Carey" is told in short diary-like chapters from an android's point of view.

I highly recommend Today I Am Carey. .

Today I am Carey touched me more deeply than most books I have read lately. Shoemaker makes his characters become real as he writes about them. Shoemaker proves why he has consistently been praised as one of the best story writers in SF today with this touching, thoughtful, action-packed debut novel, based on his award-winning short story "Today I am Paul."

"—Publishers Weekly “.