*A Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Bustle, Lit Hub , and more!* A surreal novel with a dark, delicious edge ( Time ) about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she\'s willing to give up for success--from an award-winning writer whose work Roxane Gay calls utterly unique and remarkable.
Lurid, tense, and compelling ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review), Ripe portrays one millennial woman\'s journey through our late-stage capitalist hellscape and offers a brilliantly incisive look at the absurdities of modern life..
When she ends up unexpectedly pregnant at the same time her CEO\'s demands cross into illegal territory, Cassie must decide whether the tempting fruits of Silicon Valley are really worth it.
Its relentless pull draws Cassie ever closer as the world around her unravels.
The black hole watches, but it also waits.
It feeds on her depression and anxiety, growing or shrinking in relation to her distress.
From her earliest memory, a miniature black hole has been her constant companion.
Though isolated, Cassie is never alone.
Start-up burnouts leap into the paths of commuter trains, and men literally set themselves on fire in the streets.
Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of unhoused people bathing in the bay.
Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty and suffering.
A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley start-up, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. *A Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Bustle, Lit Hub , and more!* A surreal novel with a dark, delicious edge ( Time ) about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she\'s willing to give up for success--from an award-winning writer whose work Roxane Gay calls utterly unique and remarkable
