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Women Are The Fiercest Creatures: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Andrea Dunlop (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In this wildly addictive novel, three overlooked women take on the charming, manipulative tech CEO who wrote them out of his startup’s history.


Anna Sarnoff is still reeling from her quickie divorce from tech wunderkind Jake Sarnoff. Forced out of the company that she helped Jake build, Anna is trying to pick up the pieces of her life, navigating the waters of solo parenting their two teenage boys and adapting to her new role of ex-wife. To make things more complicated, Jake seems to want her back…and his persuasiveness tempts her to say yes.

Across town, the brilliant and striking Samanta Flores-Walsh, Jake’s college girlfriend, is busy raising her teenage daughter and running her thriving yoga studio. Although their relationship ended years ago, unanswered questions from their time together gnaw at her, and when she learns that Jake is planning to take his billion-dollar company public, she starts to wonder if perhaps it isn’t too late for justice.

Finally, there’s Jake’s much younger new wife, Jessica, who’s struggling to stay afloat as a new mom while her high-profile husband grows increasingly distant.

Set in the wealthy enclaves of Seattle’s tech elite, the lives of these three women grow entangled as long-held secrets are forced to the surface, threatening to destroy their families. Written with razor-sharp intelligence and heart, Women Are the Fiercest Creatures is a searing look at the complexities of family and the obstacles women navigate in every aspect of their existence.


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It's twisty and thought-provoking and so well-drawn. I gobbled it up. Sara Shepard.
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“Andrea Dunlop has a knack for making deeply flawed characters recognizable and sympathetic and compelling as hell. Maybe you come for the beautiful rich people embroiled in juicy scandals of their own making, but you stay for those characters, their intricate relationships, and their complex motivations in every shade of gray. Great on motherhood, empowered women, and female support roles of all sorts, Women Are the Fiercest Creatures is Dunlop’s best yet.”
―Laurie Frankel, author of One, Two, Three and This Is How It Always Is

“Women Are the Fiercest Creatures is a stylish, timely, buzz-worthy literary thriller that I tore through with glee. Dunlop brings to life a trio of strong, achingly real female protagonists whose search for truth and meaning in their romantic and professional lives held me spellbound. I loved this book!”
―Tara Conklin, author of The Last Romantics and The House Girl

“A well-written story that will leave readers thinking that women are indeed the fiercest creatures.”
―Kirkus Reviews

“Dunlop’s latest is a compelling and fascinating tale of performative feminism and the women who suffer under it.”
―Booklist

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About the Author

Andrea Dunlop is the author of the novels Losing the Light, She Regrets Nothing, and We Came Here to Forget, as well as the novella Broken Bay. She is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me. She lives in Seattle with her husband and children.

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BCFWVBVH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zibby Books; 1st edition (March 7, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 7, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3738 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BCHXH8RP
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Andrea Dunlop is the author of SHE REGRETS NOTHING, LOSING THE LIGHT, and the forthcoming WE CAME HERE TO FORGET. She lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and daughter.

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Such a compelling story !
The perfect book to review right before International Women’s Day Women Are The Fiercest Creatures gives different women in a very successful tech guru’s life a chance at the spotlight – and it is a compelling and propulsive book that hooked me right from the start, I couldn’t read it fast enough, i had to find out what was going on.There’s Anna, his ex-wife, the mother and caretaker of his two tween and teen sons but she was also the lawyer who put her career on the backburner so Jake could put everything in his startup and still have a family life. Additionally she was an unpaid sparrings partner for new ideas, advisor and confidante helping him shape the business into what it is today. Now that the company is gearing up for an IPO she has been replaced true to the cliché by a woman 15 years her junior and now pregnant. Jessica’s life is not what she thought it would be. Her new tech guru husband needs quite a lot of time to himself and she finds herself very alone with stepsons who do not want her in addition to being pregnant. But there’s an additional woman Sam who as a brilliant coder in their college days helped Jake develop his website idea until she was replaced herself and she comes back with bagagge. These three women at first unknowingly and reluctantly come together to confront the man at the center of their intertwined stories with all the unpaid work and energy, ideas and caretaking, he has quite readily taken and in some instances even presented as his own. Confornting how he has played them against each other on the way. Throw in the other women that this story highlights and who are enablers – Jake’s mother Pam or Anna’s friend Bri. Dunlop's characters are fully dimensional and believable, they were so real. And I loved dipping my tow into their world for a wonderful, engaging ride.An interesting picture of modern womanhood, a fast paced novel about empowering women, a thought provoking and intelligent read and a great bookclub pick with loads to unpack and discuss.
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Emily Lynn Paulson
5.0 out of 5 stars Page turner!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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I loved this! Every woman was a hero in this story without shying away from the fact that everyone had (and can admit to) their flaws. I won’t spoil the ending but … ahh. It was so good. So many twists and turns and SO creative… great character development. Was a wonderful read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Several strong women and one egotistical tech bro make for an intriguing story
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023
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I’m here for it, Seattle. This author knows her turf. As well as well-played characters. An of-the-moment story set just outside of the Emerald City about three women who are connected to one egotistical tech bro who has conveniently taken credit for his startup while leaving them out of the company’s success.

An easy to for the reader to dislike character, yet his current wife and ex-wife are smitten with him, it’s clear who Jake cares about. Himself and his billions as he readies his company for an IPO. The story centers around his new wife, his ex-wife, and we’re trying to figure out how an ex-girlfriend is part of the picture. What I liked – the three different POVs, how the women are connected to Jake, and how the story unfolds.
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Savannah Inez
3.0 out of 5 stars almost
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023
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this book in my opinion, it’s almost very good, but it’s thrown together at the end, again, that’s my opinion.
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Jen
5.0 out of 5 stars Fierce
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023
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This is such a fun read! I tore through it, and it's a wonderful look at the tech scene in Seattle, and the money that comes with it. If you followed, say, Bill and Melinda Gate's divorce with interest, you'll love this.
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Tammy
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful debut! 📘🤩
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
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An excellent debut that explores womanhood, motherhood + relationships. Set in Seattle, the story is about three women navigating motherhood alone.. with two of the women sharing intellectual input in making an app named Strangers the success it is today. CEO/founder Jake Sarano shares links with all three. He’s very self-absorbed, a collector of women and a player with all three. When Strangers is to become an IPO, Jake does not give credit where credit is due. One of the women contacts a reporter who investigates Jake and his company. This follows the three women and their family life.. parenting teenagers, female identity, trust, betrayal, sacrifices and racism.. each with telling secrets of their own. I can’t express enough how the author was able to create such an enlightening story around male dominance/female inequality in Seattle’s tech world, and how these women were able to come out on top with so much being thrown at them. Fascinating + unique. 4 stars — Pub. 3/7/23
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Margaret Berend
5.0 out of 5 stars Glued, Read it in two sittings!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2023
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I read this for my book club. This is definitely going to be one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. I loved this book from start to finish; I read it in two sittings. Andrea so beautifully captured life’s crazy complexities & the feelings too. Highly recommend.
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Hannah
4.0 out of 5 stars Book Club Read: April
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2023
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Round up to 4.5 stars. Enjoyable read. Love books with chapters from the different characters, so that worked for me! Story was dramatic while also making me feeling more empowered. The dramatic ending was almost predictable but still great.
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April
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023
I have mixed feelings on this book.

Jake Sarnoff seems to leave women in his wake. So many relationships that ended for him to move on to the next one in his sights, all without proper goodbyes. He then seems to want to hang on to them in some way, to have when it suits him.

On the one hand, I expected to see the women catching on and then sticking up for themselves. They seem to take what he dishes out and they find a way to be okay with it. Or do they? Do all the women finally reach a point where they see things for what they are?

Maybe the way they are fierce is that they will protect their children first and foremost. While they would like to take certain actions, they weigh that against the consequences for their children and do what is best for them, often negating their own needs. Or do they? Do they eventually put their needs first to build a better future for their children? You will have to read to find out. As you can see, my opinions aren’t clear either. I think I will be thinking on this one for a bit yet.

Thank you to Zibby Books for the copy of this book. All views are my honest opinion.
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