TY - BOOK AU - Etter,Sarah Rose TI - Ripe: A Novel SN - 9781668011638 AV - PS3605.T83 R57 2023 U1 - 813.6 23/eng/20230213 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Internet industry KW - California KW - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) KW - Fiction KW - Affective disorders KW - New business enterprises KW - Employees KW - Fiction. KW - Social classes KW - Success KW - Young women KW - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) KW - Psychological fiction KW - lcgft N1 - A novel; Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) N2 - "A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare... Though isolated, Cassie is never alone. From her earliest memory, a miniature black hole has been her constant companion. It feeds on her depression and anxiety, its size changing in relation to her distress. The black hole watches, but it also waits. Its relentless pull draws Cassie ever-closer as the world around her unravels. When her CEO's demands cross an illegal threshold and she ends up unexpectedly pregnant, Cassie must decide whether the tempting fruits of Silicon Valley are really worth it."-- Book jacket ER -