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Ripe

by Sarah Rose Etter

Published 2023

Paperback, 256 pages

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Quick take

Dark, playful, bitter

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Why we love it

Ripe speaks to the toxic capitalist hustle culture that keeps so many of us chained to the treadmill. It felt like a timely read with the gulf between the wealthy and the rest of us ever widening. Expect a dark, playful and beautiful read with a bitter core.

A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie is trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses and unethical projects, she struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene...

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A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie is trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses and unethical projects, she struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startup burnouts leap into the paths of commuter trains and men literally set themselves on fire in the streets.

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  • Sarah Rose Etter is the author of the chapbook Tongue Party, The Book of X and winner of a Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.

  • VERVE Books is a dynamic independent publisher of page-turning, diverse and original fiction, based in the UK and led by a team of imaginative booklovers.

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