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"The Lost Google Novel That Takes a Better Look at Tech Culture Than The Circle"
- Steven Levy in Wired Magazine

Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, fictionalizes her own experience at Google to show how work and life need not be at war, but can reinforce each other. Virtual Love has been taught at a class called The Coming of Managerial Capitalism at the Harvard Business School, and enjoyed by readers around the world.

Virginia Libert's New York shrink thought she took the job at Google because he had cured her of all her neuroses; that she finally realized she needed to put some distance (2,955 miles) between herself and Mr. Wrong. But could any job, even a job at pre-IPO Google, save Virginia from her bad romance?

When she meets the sexy rancher supplying Google's cafes with organic lamb chops, Virginia thinks he might just be the ticket she needs to learn how to slow down and feel calmer in life. Meanwhile, a young employee seems to be going off the rails. How can she reach him, remind him of what really matters? To her surprise, she finds it's learning how to be a good boss, not dating a new man, that helps Virginia get her personal life in order.

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Oct. 16 2013
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Kim Scott is the author of three novels, Virtual Love, The Househusband, and The Measurement Problem. She is currently writing a book on management and is an advisor at Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Kim was a member of the faculty at Apple University from 2010-2012. She worked at Google from 2004-2010, where she ran AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations. Earlier in her career, Kim co-founded Juice Software, a business intelligence and collaboration start-up. Kim also worked as a senior policy advisor at the FCC, and ran a pediatric clinic in Kosovo. Kim began her career in 1990 in Moscow, working first as an analyst on the Soviet Companies Fund, and then starting a diamond cutting factory. She is the mother of twins. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair as well as Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Trier Bryant and Kim co-founded the company Just Work to help organizations and individuals create more equitable workplaces. Jason Rosoff and Kim co-founded the company Radical Candor to help rid the world of bad bosses. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Earlier in her career Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

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Mark S

Is it fiction or autobiography ?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 17, 2019

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So many details fit Ms S's own life (degree in Russian Lit, working in diamonds, HBS, Google etc) so it's a bit hard to know what's going on. Is it a thinly veiled telling of her own life or is she too lazy, or not able, to simply make stuff up ?

Still, it's a good read

Gemma

A really good read if you're intrigued by Google

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 17, 2013

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A nice, humanistic view into how Google runs and works as a company in Silicon Valley.

The character story is great too, and makes it even more of an interesting read.

The lion and monkey scene was ridiculously interesting.

Lorena

A great popcorn novel for a weekend

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on July 8, 2019

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An engaging story that is fun, entertaining and educational at the same time

boogenhagen

I am not a techie but this is a great Chick Lit/Romance pick too.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2013

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As other reviewers have suggested, there is a lot about Google and it's culture in this story - I am glad I did not let that put me off. Another site describes it as a roman a clef - which I guess describes a lot of the story as well. I did not let that put me off either.

What this book is-- for all the romance/chick lit/women's fiction readers out there-- is a pretty hilarious accounting of finally dumping Mr. Wrong and moving past Mr. Right Now to figure out how to make room for Mr. Right. The h is funny, snarky and has a very refreshing humble honesty with herself so that even when she makes bad choices you don't want to slam the kindle into the wall (unlike some other book's out there characters).

The h knows when she is making a bad decision and she does her best to fix it, but she does it with a dry wit and a sense of laughter that really makes this story a fun read with a underlying serious note that is the hallmark of a fantastic raconteur. The h is serious about what she wants from life, she just doesn't take herself seriously or get overly dramatic about her "recidivism" (making the same mistake over and over even with negative consequences). She just reassesses and gets on with living and tries to do better the next time. I like that in a heroine and of course there is an HEA.

So if you're not into serious, depressing fiction and want a great story with some drama and angst and stupid choices and funny moments that still manages a decent HEA and is kinda like a pringle - you can't read just one chapter, this is the story for you.

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Hank Edson

Jane Austin in Silicon Valley

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2013

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Have you ever had a friend whose behavior so defies comprehension that if you were to put it in a novel you might have a hard time believing anyone could continue acting that way for so long? Has that "friend" ever been you? What is incomprehensible in a friend, in a novel can be simply unbelievable precisely because the character in the novel is not yet our friend, but just a human being whose flaws do not seem to explain her conduct. The beauty of this terrific novel is in the way the flawed narrator wins our friendship long before she overcomes her struggles and we come to accept her behavior whether or not it is believable, which is exactly the point. The author wants us to recognize the capacity of every human being to stretch the limits of credulity in their commitment to things that obviously are no good for them (thus the novel's frequent refrain: "Virginia, what is wrong with you?"), but more than that, the author wants us to learn to focus on the positive target. It doesn't matter what's wrong with our friend; what matters is our friendship for her.

The behavior at issue in Virtual Love is the narrator's habit of falling for the wrong guys, her inability to open her heart, and a general defensiveness toward her prospects when she is her own worst enemy. As the narrator confronts her late 30's still unsure if she wants or can have children, a career, a family and her own independent sense of self, we are treated to a comedic drama that will delight fans of Jane Austin. In this case, the Silicon Valley setting, with all its creative corporate flare, historical significance, and wealth generation, provides an excellent substitute for the drama, romance and fascination that attract us in Victorian England's class and gender divided social dynamics. Like Austin, Malone-Scott animates the dynamics of her heroine's struggle to evolve through a cast of well drawn characters, each of which occupies a unique moral position on the spectrum of choices the narrator must make. And like Austin, Malone Scott has a gift for portraying her heroine's inner confusion with an articulate voice that enlightens the reader. This is a fun, swift, but full-bodied book that effortlessly interweaves a variety of important social issues, new technology, and popular culture themes in a way that is not tangential but a vital part of the narrator's quest for love. You'll come away with new affection for our moment and energized by the way the story ends.

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