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Startup: A Novel

Startup: A Novel - Doree Shafrir Oh, here's a fast, engaging read set in the tech scene in New York. It features Millenials, the old and the young among them. And it does a great job examining and critiquing these things through that lens.
But what really struck me is how it really felt like it was about women in the workforce. The challenges of being a young woman at work. The challenges of being middle-aged in a position with mostly young employees. The challenges of the tech bro gods and working with and for them-as a woman-and how truly awful it really can be.

Shafrir's examination of marriage with children & working parents also felt spot on. She handled deftly the idea that modern men really shoulder as much as we (they?) think they do when it comes to divvying up domestic life.

Generally, this book just resonated in a way that surprised me. It's like she listened in on my chats with friends over the past 15+ years of my life and spun it into a story about 3 women.

I would've read 400 more pages on this subject. Truly.

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