Silicon Valley East
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A retro romp through the innovative eighties . . .
Christina Como knows her way around the ER and a computer room. After a revealing truth and a shocking rejection leave her with shattered dreams, Christina sets out to reclaim her life. Her passion and drive outpace naysayers and bullies, pushing her beyond family expectations and traditional gender roles. There are a hundred reasons why she shouldn't proceed. But there's one compelling reason why she must.
Silicon Valley East is a novel of historical fiction set in the 1980s, a period of great technological revolution. It centers on a hub of innovation in the Philadelphia western suburbs, which President Reagan dubbed the 'Silicon Valley of the East'. The novel tells the story of a young woman breaking barriers in a male-dominated field, as she navigates the emerging tech world and brings hospitals into the computer age.
Vivid settings across the country, from emergency rooms to computer rooms, become the backdrop for a richly depicted narrative of personal transformation and life choices inspired by the author's experience as a software developer, coach and healthcare strategist. The story explores themes of women in STEM, imposter syndrome, ambition and entrepreneurship as the protagonist pushes against limiting gender role expectations and questions societal norms.
Capturing scenes of 1980s culture and a bygone era, Silicon Valley East is a compelling narrative of ambition and personal transformation as relevant today as it was in the 80s.
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