Gilded Spirits by Amrit Kallar ISBN 9781612547367, 1612547362 instant download

Gilded Spirits by Amrit Kallar ISBN 9781612547367, 1612547362 instant download

In the world of Gilded Spirits, the boundaries between work and life are not all that are blurring . . .When Georgia-born Emily Jones joins a mining party heading West with the Gold Rush of 1849, she dreams not merely of wealth, but of personal freedom. With her lively wit and her love, Jonah, by her side, the future seems to glitter—until fate delivers her, scarred though still holding fast to hope, to San Francisco. Nearly two centuries later, Meera, a factory worker from small-town India, emerges from a mental health crisis to pursue a new future in California—a decision that leads her to her soulmate, Rahul, and the start of a family of her own. To make ends meet, Meera accepts a position at Silicon Valley's tech conglomerate WC Terra—only to discover an allegiance-based, profit-fixated culture that rains abuses upon employees and consumers alike. As Meera finds herself unraveling under stress and isolation, it seems that not even her irreverent wit, her numbers-savvy mind,...