Hello, world! a novel

"Aleta Seppala is a beloved wife and mother, living what ought to be an idyllic life with her husband and daughter, every preference accounted for, proof of what a well-crafted world can offer. One day, she disappears without a trace, leaving a grieving family and community behind. Elliane Seppala grows up believing her mother abandoned her. Her father Ted thinks his wife was taken, and suspects his friend and business partner. Their misery and loneliness isn't supposed to be possible, not here, not in World. World was created to be perfect, a virtual reality constructed as a shelter from the devastation of the real world. Enter your Preferences, say goodbye to your own reality, and plug in. Here, you can choose every detail. You can manufacture the right house, the right memories, the right life. If you hate rain, you live every day as a sunny one. If your self-doubt controls your life, you can be the confident person you never were. You can be just in time for every train and just lucky enough to guess every lottery number. The only price? You must leave everything behind. No ties, no memories, no baggage. If you wake up in World, you are free.