Sophia of Silicon Valley
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Emily Woo Zeller
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Written by:
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Anna Yen
About this listen
Sharp, dramatic, and full of insider dish, Sophia of Silicon Valley is one woman's story of a career storming the corridors of geek power and living in the shadow of its outrageous cast of maestros.
During the heady years of the tech boom, incorrigibly frank Sophia Young lucks into a job that puts her directly in the path of Scott Kraft, the eccentric CEO of Treehouse, a studio whose animated films are transforming movies forever. Overnight, Sophia becomes an unlikely nerd whisperer. Whether her success is due to dumb luck, savage assertiveness, insightful finesse (learned by dealing with her irrational Chinese immigrant mother), or a combination of all three, in her rarified position she finds she can truly shine.
As Scott Kraft's right-hand woman, whip-smart Sophia is in the eye of the storm, sometimes floundering, sometimes nearly losing relationships and her health, but ultimately learning what it means to take charge of her own future the way the men around her do. But when engineer/inventor Andre Stark hires her to run his company's investor relations, Sophia discovers that the big paycheck and high-status career she's created for herself may not be worth living in the toxic environment of a boys' club gone bad.
©2018 Anna Yen (P)2018 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about Sophia of Silicon Valley
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- Trillium25
- 2020-03-03
Addictive, but not great
I enjoyed the story set in Silicon Valley, the two main bosses Sohpia works for are clearly fictious versions of Jobs and Musk... I just wish Sophia had been more of a feminist instead of perpetuating the verbal abuse and sexism. I think the story would have been a lot more impactful.
I really did not enjoy the narration on this one. I found the narrator tried to act to much in this, and it made it seem more of a soap opera than anything else. I think that is what contributed to my dislike of Sophia so much.
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