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Riding High in April

A Novel

ISBN-13: 9781684630950

Author(s): Jackie Townsend

Subjects: FA, FBA

Publisher: Simon And Schuster Group USA

Publisher Imprint: Sparkpress

Publication Date: 24-08-2021

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£15.99
Riding High in April

About the book

Featured in POPSUGAR 'Best Books of 2021' * SheReads 'Best Book Club Picks of Fall' * Women.com * Brit & Co. 'Fifteen New Books to Read on your Summer Vacation' Inside the rising tech microcosms of Seoul, Singapore, Japan, and India, far from the mendacity of Silicon Valley, a serial tech entrepreneur pursues a last-ditch attempt to build something great: COMPASS, an open-source network platform that Microsoft has labeled 'reckless.' At stake are his reputation, his dwindling bank account, and his fifteen-year relationship with the only woman he's ever loved - a woman in the midst of reckoning with who she is and what really matters to her in the face of the narcissism and destructiveness of the technology world. She shows up in Seoul in a big, bold move to be with him - only to find that living in Asia reshapes her in intangible, unexpected ways. Taut and richly layered, Riding High in April is a powerful evocation of our contemporary tech moment, a revealing exploration of resilience and the pursuit of something unattainable, and a moving story of love, friendship, and letting go.