The Startup Wife, Tahmima Anam
The Startup Wife, Tahmima Anam
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The Startup Wife

Author: Tahmima Anam

Narrator: Tanha Dil

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2021


Synopsis

*"A whip-smart, funny, and searing look at the wild world of startups." —Good Morning America Book Club Buzz Pick *Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR

In this “wise and wickedly funny novel about love, creativity, and the limitations of the tech-verse” (Vogue) newlyweds Asha and Cyrus find themselves running one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.

Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to make a scientific breakthrough when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones.

Before she knows it, Asha has abandoned her lab, exchanged vows with Cyrus, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia to develop an app called WAI—“We are Infinite.”

WAI creates a sensation, with millions of users logging on every day. Will Cyrus and Asha’s marriage survive the pressures of sudden fame, or will she become overshadowed by the man everyone is calling the new messiah?

This “scathing—and hilarious—take on startup culture, marriage and workaholism” (Politico) explores whether or not technology—with all its limits and possibilities—can disrupt modern love.

About Tahmima Anam

Tahmima Anam is the recipient of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and an O. Henry Award and has been named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. She was a Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times and was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of The Startup Wife and a trilogy of novels set in her native Bangladesh. She lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

An app which can replace religious rituals that turn its inventors into new Messiahs! Wow! Okay, this one is quiet original and picked my interest with its unique opening! Let’s dive in blind and explore more! Let’s meet with three friends: Asha and Cyrus: married couple and their best Jules concen......more

“Go get yourselves a post-nup. Your odds aren’t good.” 3.65 stars The Startup Wife is a character study about newlyweds who launch a social media platform. As they experience success, their marriage faces growing challenges. Will they become another statistic, or will they survive the greatest of te......more

Goodreads review by Susanne

Review published on blog: [URL not allowed] When it comes to Business, it’s not always a Pleasure – even if you’re working with Loved Ones. Asha and Cyrus went to the same High School. At the time, Asha had had a huge crush on him little did she know that years later, they’d me......more

Goodreads review by Peter

I work in tech, and books are my way of escaping that world for a short while every day. So The Startup Wife seemed like the last thing I'd want to read. But my curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to see if the hype was justified. Asha is a computer programmer, studying for a PhD at MIT. She......more