Ripe: A Novel by Sarah Rose Etter early reader her mother’s mother

her mother’s mother

Spanning Los Angeles

It's only with the help of a beautiful green velvet dress

this Christmas

But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen

Ripe: A Novel by Sarah Rose Etter early reader her mother’s motherA year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley start up, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty and suffering. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of unhoused people bathing in the bay. Start up