Sharp, dramatic, and full of insider dish, SOPHIA OF SILICON VALLEY is
one woman's story of a career storming the corridors of geek power and
living in the shadow of its outrageous cast of maestros.
During the heady years of the tech boom, incorrigibly frank Sophia Young
lucks into a job that puts her directly in the path of Scott Kraft, the
eccentric CEO of Treehouse, a studio whose animated films are
transforming movies forever. Overnight, Sophia becomes an unlikely nerd
whisperer. Whether her success is due to dumb luck, savage
assertiveness, insightful finesse (learned by dealing with her
irrational Chinese immigrant mother), or a combination of all three, in
her rarified position she finds she can truly shine.
As Scott Kraft's right-hand woman, whip-smart Sophia is in the eye of
the storm, sometimes floundering, sometimes nearly losing relationships
and her health, but ultimately learning what it means to take charge of
her own future the way the men around her do. But when engineer/inventor
Andre Stark hires her to run his company's investor relations, Sophia
discovers that the big paycheck and high-status career she's created for
herself may not be worth living in the toxic environment of a boys-club
gone bad.
