A Closed and Common Orbit (2016)

An AI accustomed to a ship's distributed senses wakes inside a single synthetic body and finds ordinary social life unexpectedly difficult. Her adjustment runs beside Pepper's earlier struggle to escape a life of industrial exploitation. Chambers makes learning, friendship and practical support central to embodiment. Choose it for a warm account of finding a workable way to live, with distress and danger in its backstory. This Wayfarers sequel can be read independently.